1969 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1969 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

North Melbourne (19.15.129) defeated Fitzroy (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,224

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.15.129 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 3 10 . 5 17 . 11 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 9 . 9 11 . 10 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 37 NMLB by 33 NMLB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 5
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 4
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 2 4 20 19 1 3 0 3 1
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 1 2
33 Duthie, John ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 3 0 6 4
20 Elliott, Rod ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 5 0 1 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 1 0 3 3
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 10 1 0 1
29 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 0 7 4 2
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 1 12 5 1
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 11 1 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 6 1 5 5
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 0
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 2
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 5
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 6 1 3 2
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 4 3 17 17 0 2 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 15 274 230 44 64 36 49 41

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 2 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 10 20 2 3
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 2
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 1 1 5
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 1 2 26 24 2 2 0 7 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 2 2 13 13 0 4 1 3 2
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 5 5
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 11 1 3
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 2 0 3 5
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 29 27 2 5 0 1 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0
20 Newnham, John ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 2 0 1 0
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 6 0 8
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 3 11 7 4 6 2 1 5
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 4 4 14 13 1 6 0 4 1
41 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 6 3
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 7 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 18 265 231 34 63 41 43 49

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