1971 VFL Round 15: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1971 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round 15 of the 1971 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Terry Waters captained the visitors with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), N. Brown, R. Crow, N. Dare, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, G. Renwick, D. Rhodes, L. Richards, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, R. Sault, D. Searl, P. Shanahan, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, J. Clifton, H. Coles, R. Dean, R. Dunne, P. Eakins, J. Greening, B. Heard, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, D. O'Callaghan, P. Pettigrew, T. Potter, M. Richardson, R. Rose, D. Salmon, D. Tuddenham

Fitzroy (11.18.84) were defeated by Collingwood (16.6.102).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: D. Wall (3), A. Ruscuklic (2), N. Brown, T. Lloyd, J. Murphy, G. Renwick, L. Richards, R. Sault
Collingwood: P. McKenna (6), M. Richardson (3), D. Tuddenham (3), R. Dunne, G. Jenkin, D. O'Callaghan, W. Richardson

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 8th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 10 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 24,926

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.18.84 - 16.6.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 4 . 6 4 . 13 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Collingwood 6 . 4 11 . 5 13 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Margin COLL by 24 COLL by 41 COLL by 46 COLL by 18 COLL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy), Bob Rose (Collingwood)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Terry Waters (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fitzroy), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 6 12 1 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 26 0 2
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 24 22 2 2 0 6 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 4 1 2 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 2 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 3 27 26 1 3 0 5 5
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 5 0
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 7 0 3 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 1 0 8 4
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 3
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 0 3 5
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 4 21 19 2 11 0 5 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 0
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
38 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 3 7 7 0 5 0 0 4
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 3 1 17 16 1 6 0 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 18 287 243 44 70 39 57 47

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 4
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 6 1
4 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 1 4 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 8 0 2 5
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 1 0 6 5
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 10 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 10 20 2 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 3 12 12 0 6 0 2 5
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 4 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 3
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 5
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 3 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 1
2 Richardson, Wayne (vc) ? ? 1 0 29 24 5 7 0 5 3
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 2 3
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 3 1 22 16 6 5 0 2 2
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 10 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 6 306 243 63 82 31 47 57

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