1970 VFL Round 17: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1970 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round 17 of the 1970 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Wes Lofts as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), R. Crow, N. Dare, D. Herrod, C. Hobbs, B. Hodgkin, G. Lazarus, T. McGregor, B. McKenzie, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, B. Padley, D. Peoples, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, P. Shanahan, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), W. Lofts (vice-capt.), N. Chandler, G. Crane, B. Crosswell, B. Doull, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, K. Hall, A. Jesaulenko, D. McKay, B. Mulcair, D. Munari, I. Nicoll, P. Pinnell, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, P. Smith, V. Waite, R. Walls

Fitzroy (9.7.61) were defeated by Carlton (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: T. McGregor (2), J. Murphy (2), A. Thompson (2), B. McKenzie, D. Peoples, A. Ruscuklic
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (3), A. Gallagher (2), D. McKay (2), G. Crane, J. Nicholls, I. Nicoll

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 9th on the ladder and Carlton remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 25 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,854

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Carlton
Score: 9.7.61 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 4 . 3 8 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Carlton 4 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin CARL by 18 CARL by 12 FITZ by 7 CARL by 10 CARL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Stephen (Fitzroy), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fitzroy), Wes Lofts (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 9 18 2 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 3 3
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 2 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
35 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 3
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 2 8 0 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 1 0 3 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 1 1 0
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 2 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 5 1 2 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 8 0 2 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 4 0 0 1
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 9 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 7 265 229 36 66 28 30 27

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 1 1 23 23 0 9 0 1 4
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 1
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 1 0 3 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 19 18 1 2 0 1 4
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 3 4 16 15 1 6 0 2 3
20 Lofts, Wes (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 5 7 0 2
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 2 0
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 5 10 2 2
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 2 0 2 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 4
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 10 0 3 1
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 11 1 2 0
37 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 2
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 1 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 273 226 47 74 19 27 30

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