1971 VFL Round 3: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1971 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round 3 of the 1971 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Barry Goodingham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, N. Brown, R. Crow, D. Herrod, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, B. McKenzie, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, B. Padley, D. Rhodes, L. Richards, A. Ruscuklic, R. Sault, L. Skinner, D. Wall, G. Wilson, N. Zunneberg

North Melbourne
B. Goodingham (capt.), G. Bryant, D. Dench, M. Dowdle, D. Farrant, G. Farrant, P. Feltham, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, K. Haywood, A. Hodgetts, G. Joseph, K. Montgomery, D. Pagan, J. Perry, R. Peterson, D. Pretty, M. Redenbach, P. Ryan, R. Taylor

Fitzroy (17.26.128) defeated North Melbourne (14.10.94).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: B. Padley (4), L. Richards (3), G. Wilson (3), J. Murphy (2), A. Ruscuklic (2), M. Andrews, N. Brown, W. Irwin
North Melbourne: K. Greig (4), B. Goodingham (2), A. Hodgetts (2), J. Perry (2), P. Feltham, F. Gumbleton, R. Peterson, R. Taylor

As a result of this match, Fitzroy were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and North Melbourne remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,696

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.26.128 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 3 9 . 9 12 . 18 17 . 26 17 . 26 (128)
North Melbourne 5 . 5 6 . 6 13 . 7 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin NMLB by 14 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 34 FITZ by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy), Brian Dixon (North Melbourne)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Barry Goodingham (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Artso

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 1 6 26 19 7 8 1 2 6
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 11 2 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 20 0 4
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 0 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 8 0 2 4
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 2
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 26 25 1 7 0 5 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 4 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 4 5 35 31 4 7 1 2 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 2 36 28 8 15 0 5 4
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 3 1 9 6 3 3 0 1 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 4 27 25 2 14 1 4 4
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 6 0 2 5
28 Skinner, Lyle ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 9 0 3 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 1 18 10 8 8 0 2 4
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 5 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 26 342 283 59 115 34 42 48

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 1 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 4 0 2 5
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 2 0 3 2
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 6 12 4 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 4 0 11 10 1 2 1 0 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 2
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 4 0 5
14 Hodgetts, Athol ? ? 2 1 12 6 6 6 0 1 2
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 6 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 0 0 6 1
21 Perry, John ? ? 2 1 22 17 5 4 0 6 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 0 3 5
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 5 0 5 0
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 1 0 5 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 5 6 1 1
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 4 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 10 303 219 84 56 23 48 42

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