1970 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1970 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Fitzroy (12.18.90) defeated Melbourne (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,467

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 12.18.90 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 5 4 . 11 9 . 13 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 10 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin MELB by 5 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 14 1 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 25 24 1 6 0 2 1
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 4 2
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 2 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
35 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 13 2 5
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 3 19 19 0 4 0 5 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 1 2 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 5 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 3 19 17 2 4 0 1 5
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 3 5
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 5 0 5 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 4 19 17 2 14 0 2 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 4 3 11 10 1 4 0 3 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 10 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 2 24 20 4 3 0 6 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 11 0 2 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 18 298 265 33 87 28 49 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 5 0 3 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 22 21 1 3 0 2 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 5 0 0 2
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 3 4
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 1 2 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 2 6 3 3 1 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 9 0 2 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 2 4
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 3 3 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 3 6 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 8 0 3 4
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 8 17 4 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 4 6
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 3 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 3 5
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 3 0 2 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 14 259 224 35 71 24 47 49

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