1969 VFL Season Round 13: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1969 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (18.21.129) defeated South Melbourne (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 July 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 7,682

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 18.21.129 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 9 . 12 14 . 13 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
South Melbourne 3 . 5 4 . 8 9 . 14 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FITZ by 4 FITZ by 34 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 49 FITZ by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 6 8 3 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 6 12 1 0
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 10 0 0 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 3
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 6 1
51 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 3 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 3 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 4 2 26 21 5 8 0 4 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 8 0 0 3
20 Newnham, John ? ? 3 1 22 20 2 2 0 5 4
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 5 20 15 5 6 0 2 3
53 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 1 3 18 16 2 3 0 4 6
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 10 0 2 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 5 6 18 16 2 9 0 1 2
19 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 1 0 2 0
41 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 2 0 30 22 8 7 0 4 3
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 11 0 1 2
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 2
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 21 342 276 66 102 20 45 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 5 0 3 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 4
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 10 0 2 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 2 21 15 6 1 0 1 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 4 3 1 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 0 1 2 5
39 Luscombe, Ken ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 1 1 1 3
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 3 0 3 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
12 Mohr, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 5 3
13 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 1 1
24 Richardson, Alan ? ? 2 1 22 7 15 2 0 5 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 4 0 3 0
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 0 0 3 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 17 2 6
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 14 280 209 71 54 22 40 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