1969 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1969 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round nineteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Tassie Johnson captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (14.13.97) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 23 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,790

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 14.13.97 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 4 . 10 8 . 12 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 11 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin FITZ by 8 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 7 0 2 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 1 28 26 2 3 0 1 5
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 1 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 1 4 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 6 2 17 14 3 9 0 4 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 3 3
21 Hone, David ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 6 2 0 3
45 Jennings, Danny ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 3
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 1 1 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 7 2 2 3
48 Powell, Daryl ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 2 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 1
46 Sampson, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 1
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 5 1 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 3 26 21 5 8 0 0 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 4 1 1
50 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 3 25 21 4 2 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 13 297 253 44 73 15 29 41

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 0 0 2 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 9 12 3 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 16 1 2
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 5 0 2 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 1 2
36 Ireland, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 1 1 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 3 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
43 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 3 26 24 2 4 0 0 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 10 0 2 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 3 0 4 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 2 18 14 4 1 1 3 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 3 2 21 16 5 6 0 2 4
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 6 1 0 3
41 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 3 0 1 0
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 3 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 1
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 1 3
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 15 341 270 71 89 31 35 29

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