1970 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1970 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

North Melbourne (13.17.95) were defeated by Fitzroy (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,442

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.17.95 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 9 7 . 10 12 . 16 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 8 . 8 10 . 8 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin NMLB by 18 FITZ by 4 NMLB by 20 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Beale, Ross ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
32 Bloomfield, Alan ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 2 6
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 4 0 2 0
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 2 33 21 12 3 0 7 2
14 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 1 7
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 4 1
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 2 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 9 2 0 3
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 3 4 13 10 3 5 0 1 2
29 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 11 17 0 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 3 24 18 6 6 0 4 2
42 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 3 5 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 4 10 10 0 2 3 3 5
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 3
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 4 2 20 15 5 6 0 4 3
30 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 1
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 5 0 5 4
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 9 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 17 299 235 64 81 25 52 49

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 22 1 5
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 3
35 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 3
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 3 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 2 1 22 21 1 4 0 1 3
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 3 10 1 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 1 3 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 3 28 27 1 3 0 6 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 1 3 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 2 18 17 1 4 0 5 3
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 0 27 18 9 1 1 8 4
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 5 0 15 14 1 8 0 1 4
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 5 0 0 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 4 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 4
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 3 3
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 7 1 2 8
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 14 279 246 33 71 35 49 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