1970 VFL Season Round 20: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1970 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round twenty of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Stuart Magee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Fitzroy (12.10.82) defeated Footscray (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,398

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 12.10.82 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 4 5 . 5 9 . 10 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Footscray 1 . 1 7 . 7 9 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FITZ by 21 FOOT by 14 level FITZ by 2 FITZ by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

Captain: Stuart Magee
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 19 0 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 24 24 0 6 0 3 3
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 5
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 1 3
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 9 0 0 1
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 6 11 0 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 34 33 1 7 0 7 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 8 0 1 3
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 2 0 27 21 6 10 0 1 6
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 5 0 1 5
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 7 0 5 5
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 1 14 8 6 8 0 1 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 6 2 10 10 0 9 0 0 1
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 4 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 3 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 8 0 2 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 10 306 265 41 108 30 31 49

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 8 3 1 3
6 Bisset, George ? ? 5 2 31 23 8 6 0 4 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 1 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 8 3 2 2
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 2
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 2 1 32 23 9 5 0 4 2
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 1 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 4 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 4 15 13 2 1 0 3 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 2 0 8 3
32 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 1 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 13 4 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 2 0 3 1
45 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 3 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 4 0 3 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 2 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 14 294 243 51 66 22 49 31

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