1971 VFL Season Round 4: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1971 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round four of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. In the absence of Terry Waters, vice-captain Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Collingwood (19.20.134) defeated Fitzroy (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 24 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 25,759

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.20.134 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 7 10 . 16 15 . 20 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 5 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin COLL by 4 COLL by 36 COLL by 57 COLL by 53 COLL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson (acting)
Vice-Captain: Barry Price (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 1 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 5 2
4 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 1 0 3 6
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 2 2
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 3 1 3 6
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 4 0 3 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 19 2 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 10 7 19 16 3 14 0 3 1
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 4 0 4 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 2 3
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 2
5 Price, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 1 52 29 23 4 0 5 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 2 20 18 2 6 1 3 4
2 Richardson, Wayne (ac) ? ? 3 4 40 33 7 13 0 1 3
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 8 2 1
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 4 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 20 361 269 92 91 29 44 43

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 2 3 14 12 2 6 0 1 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 6 3 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 6 14 3 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 3 0
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 3
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 1 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 5 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 21 21 0 3 0 5 4
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 1 0 3 4
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 3 1 11 10 1 5 0 3 7
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 2 6
28 Skinner, Lyle ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 2
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 4 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 2 1 1 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 242 208 34 56 21 43 44

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