1969 VFL Round 7: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1969 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round 7 of the 1969 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Terry Waters as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), T. Waters (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, T. Alexander, R. Dunne, V. Ellis, B. Farmer, J. Green, J. Greening, P. Patterson, J. Pitts, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, M. Urquhart, R. Watt, D. Wheadon, S. Whelan

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), B. Baker, J. Benison, N. Brown, N. Dare, P. Ellis, D. Herrod, C. Hobbs, I. McCrae, H. Merrigan, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, B. Sykes, D. Wall, P. Wood, H. Worrall, N. Zunneberg

Collingwood (13.20.98) defeated Fitzroy (13.7.85).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: T. Waters (6), D. Tuddenham (3), R. Dunne, B. Farmer, L. Thompson, R. Watt
Fitzroy: D. Searl (5), J. Newnham (2), L. Robertson (2), N. Dare, I. McCrae, K. Murray, B. Sykes

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 14,614

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.20.98 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 9 4 . 12 11 . 18 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Fitzroy 4 . 0 9 . 4 12 . 4 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin FITZ by 3 FITZ by 22 COLL by 8 COLL by 13 COLL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: Des Tuddenham (Collingwood), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), unknown (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 0
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 2 8 3 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 1 0 7 6
10 Ellis, Vaughan ? ? 0 4 8 5 3 2 0 2 3
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 3 4
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 3 1 3 4
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 1
38 Pitts, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 1
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 1 0 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 3 25 25 0 0 0 3 3
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 3 23 3 6
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 3 3 18 17 1 1 0 4 2
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 3 1
2 Waters, Terry (vc) ? ? 6 1 22 21 1 9 0 1 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 1 0 18 18 0 4 0 1 2
4 Wheadon, David ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 1 0 2 2
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 7
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 20 251 222 29 38 32 45 50

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Baker, Bruce ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 8 5 1
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 11 2 4
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 1 0 3 1
47 Ellis, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 3 7
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 1 0 2 0
43 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 1 0 5 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 5 0 3 4
20 Newnham, John ? ? 2 2 24 23 1 2 0 6 1
53 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 2 0 4 5
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 1 0 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 5 2 11 11 0 3 0 3 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 2 3
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 2
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 7 275 228 47 48 22 50 45

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