1969 VFL Round 18: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1969 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round 18 of the 1969 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Terry Waters as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, J. Benison, N. Brown, R. Crow, N. Dare, D. Herrod, G. Lazarus, I. McCrae, H. Merrigan, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, D. Peoples, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, G. Shearer, B. Sykes, P. Wood, N. Zunneberg

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), T. Waters (vice-capt.), T. Alexander, C. Britt, J. Clifton, R. Dunne, B. Farmer, J. Greening, D. Hibbert, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, C. Tully, M. Urquhart, R. Watt

Fitzroy (9.16.70) were defeated by Collingwood (12.18.90).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: D. Searl (3), R. Crow (2), J. Murphy (2), N. Brown, A. Ruscuklic
Collingwood: P. McKenna (5), G. Jenkin (2), W. Richardson (2), L. Thompson (2), D. Tuddenham

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 16 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,342

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.16.70 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 6 3 . 11 6 . 13 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Collingwood 2 . 3 2 . 7 9 . 12 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin COLL by 3 FITZ by 10 COLL by 17 COLL by 20 COLL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Artso

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 3
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 1 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 2 12 8 4 8 5 1 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 10 11 3 4
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 6 0 4 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 0 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
43 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 4 25 23 2 7 0 4 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 0 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 5 0 1 9
53 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 3 5 5 0 3 0 2 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 5 0 1 3
41 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 5 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 4 3
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 16 276 233 43 83 16 36 34

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 3 14 12 2 5 0 2 6
42 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 0 2
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 2 3
36 Hibbert, Danny ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 2 3 20 17 3 11 6 1 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 5 4 15 14 1 8 0 3 2
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 2 5
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 5 0
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 5 0 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 0
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 7 0 1 4
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 9 7 3 3
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 5 0 0 1
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 1
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 0
2 Waters, Terry (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 1 3 1
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 18 268 234 34 94 14 34 36

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