1969 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1969 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eight of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Fitzroy (12.9.81) were defeated by Melbourne (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 9,367

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.9.81 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 1 7 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Melbourne 4 . 5 8 . 7 14 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 9 MELB by 26 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Baker, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 7 13 2 1
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 25 3 3
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 2
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 0
47 Ellis, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 2 0 5 7
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 3 0 1 1
43 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 27 27 0 6 0 7 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 3 0 22 17 5 5 2 6 4
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 4 3
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1
53 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 4 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 4 4 16 14 2 10 2 2 0
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 3 20 17 3 8 0 1 2
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 0 2
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 3
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 292 232 60 77 44 42 38

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 12 1 3
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 10 0 3 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 4 0 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 2 0 2 1
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 3 1 25 21 4 3 0 5 3
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 3 1 29 22 7 6 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 5 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 3 12 9 3 7 0 1 0
27 Forster, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 3 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 0 6
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 5 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 8 2 3 1
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 27 22 5 4 0 5 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 3 0 1 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 5 1 3
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 3 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 12 286 235 51 63 29 38 42

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