1969 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1969 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round two of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

South Melbourne (14.14.98) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,314

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 14.14.98 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Fitzroy 6 . 1 9 . 6 11 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 19 SMLB by 4 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Goal Umpires

K. Pawley

Boundary Umpires

M. Williams

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 3 3 16 13 3 5 0 3 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 2 2
34 Brandt, Graham ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 1 0 2 1
16 Budd, Arthur ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 5 0 2 4
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 6 1 3 1
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 0
27 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 3 0 17 14 3 2 0 4 6
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 2 2 3
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 4 2
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
7 John, Graeme ? ? 2 3 18 14 4 7 0 4 4
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 0 4 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 30 23 7 1 0 4 2
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 5 0 3 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 28 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 279 225 54 64 31 53 37

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 2 3
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 5 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 7 12 0 1
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 5 5
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 2 0 2 2
27 Knight, Barry ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 4 0 4 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 12 0 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 5 0 2 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 1 2 4
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 0 2 10
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 5 0 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 1 13 13 0 1 0 2 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 5 0 2 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 8 1 18 14 4 11 0 1 5
41 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 3
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 10 256 218 38 65 30 37 53

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s