1970 VFL Round 9: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1970 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round 9 of the 1970 VFL season. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Stuart Magee captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray
S. Magee (capt.), G. Austin, L. Bartlett, G. Bisset, G. Cook, D. Darcy, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, R. Haynes, G. Joslin, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, G. Merrington, C. Pagnoccolo, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, D. Thorpe, T. Zeltner

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, B. Baker, J. Benison, N. Brown, R. Crow, N. Dare, J. Duckworth, D. Herrod, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, B. Padley, D. Peoples, A. Ruscuklic, P. Shanahan, G. Shearer, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg

Footscray (11.13.79) were defeated by Fitzroy (12.9.81).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Bisset (4), D. Darcy (2), B. Round (2), G. Cook, K. Greenwood, C. Pagnoccolo
Fitzroy: A. Ruscuklic (7), B. Baker (2), A. Thompson (2), D. Wall

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 10,301

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.13.79 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 2 3 . 8 5 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Fitzroy 5 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FITZ by 31 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 34 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: Stuart Magee (Footscray), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 1 3 3
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 1 30 21 9 4 0 4 2
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 3 0 0 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 18 2 3
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 6 0 3 6
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 4
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 0 0 6 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 0 2 2
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 4 0
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 2 0 2 4
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 7 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 3 2 3 1
9 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 3 15 9 6 2 0 5 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 8 0 5 0
29 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 272 230 42 59 21 52 39

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 3 0 1 7
6 Baker, Bruce ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 7 7 3 3
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 2 0 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 20 1 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 3
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 27 17 10 2 0 5 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 3
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 4 0 3 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 1 3 4
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 7 2 10 9 1 6 0 3 2
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 3 1 4
29 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 3
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 0 0 4 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 6 0 2 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 269 213 56 56 33 39 52

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