1970 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1970 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (17.19.121) defeated Fitzroy (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 25 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,909

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 17.19.121 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 9 . 6 14 . 15 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Fitzroy 8 . 3 9 . 9 12 . 9 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin FITZ by 18 FITZ by 3 MELB by 18 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 7 0 2 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 0 24 24 0 6 0 5 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 2 25 24 1 4 0 4 1
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 5 3 12 9 3 6 0 0 1
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 4 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 5 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 4 1 15 13 2 7 1 2 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 5
45 Jennings, Danny ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 9 1 2
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 0
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 9 0 3 2
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 2 0 3 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 11 0 2 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 4 20 17 3 5 0 0 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 5 8 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 4 15 15 0 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 19 275 242 33 85 18 37 29

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 1 3 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 11 2 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 5 21 0 5
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 0 1
35 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 2
8 Ireland, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 1 1 5
38 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 6 0 0 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 3 29 26 3 6 0 1 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 1 2 2 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 3 1 23 21 2 2 0 2 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 2 2
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 3 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 4
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 7 0 1 2
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 2 0 3 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 2 19 18 1 10 0 5 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 13 270 220 50 73 37 29 37

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