1971 VFL Season Round 8: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1971 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

South Melbourne (13.11.89) were defeated by Fitzroy (19.19.133).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,182

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.11.89 - 19.19.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 7 10 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 10 . 7 15 . 15 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Margin SMLB by 12 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 37 FITZ by 44 FITZ by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 3 2 15 11 4 3 0 1 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 4 0 1 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 0 0
50 Haenen, Tony ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 2 1 1
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 4 1 19 10 9 3 0 1 4
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 5 0 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 3
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 6 0 3 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 5 0 2 3
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 4
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 3 4
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 2 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 6 3
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 3 1 20 17 3 2 0 3 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 2 22 21 1 4 0 5 1
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 24 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 270 212 58 58 31 42 34

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 5 10 2 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 26 1 5
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 4 16 15 1 3 0 1 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 3 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 3 19 19 0 5 0 3 4
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 8 0 3 0
27 Newton, Jack ? ? 8 1 13 11 2 7 0 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 4 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 5 0 3 3
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 1 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 4 1 24 19 5 13 0 4 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 3 0 1 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 6 0 1 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 0 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 19 304 252 52 85 36 34 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