1969 VFL Season: Fitzroy
These are the details of the premiership results for Fitzroy for the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Princes Park as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in tenth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1969 VFL Season
Team:
Fitzroy
Club:
Fitzroy
Home Ground:
Princes Park
Team Results
Ladder Position:
10th (W-D-L: 7-0-13, P%: 82.4)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews, Mike | #3 | 10 | 1 | R01, R05-06, R14-20 |
| Baker, Bruce | #6 | 9 | 1 | R03, R06-12, R15 |
| Benison, John | #10 | 14 | 0 | R02-14, R18 |
| Brown, Norm | #23 | 19 | 8 | R01, R03-20 |
| Cobain, Rod | #21 | 3 | 2 | R01, R08-09 |
| Cole, Max | #12 | 8 | 0 | R01-05, R09-11 |
| Crow, Russell | #32 | 11 | 9 | R01-02, R12-20 |
| Dare, Norm | #46 | 11 | 4 | R06-08, R13-20 |
| Ellis, Peter | #47 | 2 | 0 | R07-08 |
| Hellings, Doug | #2 | 6 | 0 | R01-04, R10-11 |
| Herrod, Darryl | #19 | 14 | 1 | R01, R06-07, R10-20 |
| Hobbs, Colin | #25 | 16 | 3 | R02-17 |
| Hodgkin, Bob | #51 | 7 | 0 | R09, R12-17 |
| Ireland, Robert | #36 | 2 | 0 | R19-20 |
| Knight, Barry | #27 | 2 | 2 | R02-03 |
| Lazarus, Gary | #31 | 13 | 7 | R02, R04-05, R09-11, R13-14, R16-20 |
| McCrae, Ian | #7 | 12 | 7 | R05-12, R15-18 |
| McGregor, Treva | #9 | 6 | 0 | R01, R04-05, R09-10, R19 |
| McKenzie, Barry | #4 | 7 | 3 | R01-05, R10-11 |
| Merrigan, Harvey | #43 | 7 | 1 | R06-09, R18-20 |
| Molloy, Shane | #22 | 5 | 3 | R01-05 |
| Murphy, John | #5 | 20 | 28 | R01-20 |
| Murray, Kevin | #1 | 19 | 12 | R01-09, R11-20 |
| Newnham, John | #20 | 19 | 13 | R01-09, R11-20 |
| O'Brien, Paul | #17 | 9 | 0 | R01-06, R10-12 |
| Padley, Barry | #14 | 10 | 10 | R01-04, R10-12, R17, R19-20 |
| Peoples, Daryl | #16 | 9 | 15 | R12-20 |
| Rheinberger, Cec | #26 | 3 | 0 | R03, R08-09 |
| Rhodes, David | #15 | 3 | 0 | R01, R11-12 |
| Robertson, Leigh | #53 | 14 | 8 | R05-18 |
| Ruscuklic, Alex | #13 | 15 | 31 | R01-07, R10, R13-18, R20 |
| Searl, Doug | #34 | 19 | 68 | R01-02, R04-20 |
| Shanahan, Paul | #19 | 3 | 2 | R13-14, R20 |
| Shearer, Graeme | #41 | 10 | 4 | R02-04, R13-16, R18-20 |
| Sykes, Bill | #24 | 14 | 5 | R05-08, R11-20 |
| Wall, David | #33 | 5 | 2 | R03, R07-09, R19 |
| Weightman, Peter | #42 | 1 | 1 | R10 |
| Wood, Peter | #30 | 19 | 0 | R01-13, R15-20 |
| Worrall, Hugh | #29 | 5 | 0 | R02, R04, R06-08 |
| Zunneberg, Noel | #11 | 19 | 0 | R01-10, R12-20 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen, Bill | 20 | 7 | -0- | 13 | R01-20 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/1969 | Round 1 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 56 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 12/04/1969 | Round 2 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 2 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 19/04/1969 | Round 3 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 41 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 26/04/1969 | Round 4 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 33 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 03/05/1969 | Round 5 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 65 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 10/05/1969 | Round 6 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 25 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 17/05/1969 | Round 7 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 13 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 24/05/1969 | Round 8 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 21 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 31/05/1969 | Round 9 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 62 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 07/06/1969 | Round 10 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 24 | Bill Stephen | unknown |
| 21/06/1969 | Round 11 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 60 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 28/06/1969 | Round 12 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 47 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 05/07/1969 | Round 13 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 49 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 12/07/1969 | Round 14 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 16 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 19/07/1969 | Round 15 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 30 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 02/08/1969 | Round 16 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 9 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 09/08/1969 | Round 17 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 37 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 16/08/1969 | Round 18 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 20 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 23/08/1969 | Round 19 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 2 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 30/08/1969 | Round 20 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 23 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |