1970 VFL Round 18: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1970 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round 18 of the 1970 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Terry Waters captained the visitors with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

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

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, A. Atkinson, J. Clifton, R. Dean, R. Dunne, P. Eakins, J. Greening, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, L. Thompson, D. Tuddenham, C. Tully, R. Watt

Fitzroy (11.9.75) were defeated by Collingwood (17.15.117).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: G. Lazarus (3), A. Ruscuklic (3), R. Crow (2), J. Murphy (2), D. Peoples
Collingwood: P. McKenna (9), R. Dunne, J. Greening, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, D. Tuddenham, C. Tully, T. Waters

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 9th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 1 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 18,760

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.9.75 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 4 6 . 4 10 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Collingwood 2 . 2 10 . 6 11 . 9 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin FITZ by 20 COLL by 26 COLL by 7 COLL by 42 COLL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Stephen (Fitzroy), Bob Rose (Collingwood)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Terry Waters (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fitzroy), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 6 19 5 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 5 0 3 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 3 2
35 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 8
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 3 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 1
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 1
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 3 6 0 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 27 27 0 4 0 4 4
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 1 4 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 1 0 4 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 7
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 3 0 10 5 5 2 1 0 5
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 1 1 3
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 3 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 9 0 7 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 256 223 33 58 28 46 50

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 1
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 2 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 4 7 3 3
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 2 2 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 1 30 20 10 5 0 4 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 27 14 13 18 19 3 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 9 1 11 11 0 4 0 4 3
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 2 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 3
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 2
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 2 0 6 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 5 2
2 Richardson, Wayne (vc) ? ? 1 4 14 11 3 1 0 2 4
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 6 7 5 8
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 3 16 11 5 2 0 2 2
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 1 2
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 15 318 238 80 84 35 50 46

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