1971 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1971 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round six of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Geelong (13.13.91) were defeated by Fitzroy (20.16.136).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 11,312

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.13.91 - 20.16.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 4 . 6 12 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 10 . 10 13 . 13 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Margin GEEL by 1 FITZ by 40 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 0 0 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 24 23 1 9 0 1 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 1 0 1 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 2 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 4 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 7 0 1 4
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 9 5 2
32 Harris, David ? ? 3 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 5
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 3 13 11 2 5 0 2 3
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 9 1 3 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 3 2 8 3
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 2 3 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 3 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 6 3 3 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 6 0 5 2
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 4 1 4 4
39 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 13 260 219 41 74 23 53 45

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 4 2 15 12 3 6 15 2 5
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 3 1 19 18 1 11 22 4 7
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 1
30 Ellis, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 4 0 3 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 4 2 30 27 3 4 0 4 5
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 4 0 5 2
27 Newton, Jack ? ? 2 2 9 9 0 3 0 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 3 0 1 2
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 7 0 2 4
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 4 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 0 32 17 15 13 0 3 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 7 0 1 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 3 17 10 7 6 0 5 2
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 16 314 241 73 90 37 45 53

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