1971 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1971 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Melbourne (4.10.34) were defeated by Fitzroy (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,013

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 4.10.34 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 1 . 7 2 . 8 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 4 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin FITZ by 8 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 4 0 1 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 21 20 1 7 0 4 4
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 29 23 6 4 0 3 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 9 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 5 8 2 2
32 Hodges, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 5 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 3 18 0 0
43 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 1 1 3
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 6
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 5 0 5 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 1 1 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 0 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 8 0 6 3
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 1 0
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 2 6 4 2 0 0 2 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 5 0 2 4
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 4 10 275 228 47 77 29 47 46

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 21 2 5
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 27 24 3 3 0 7 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 2 0 3 3
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 8 2 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 1 4 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 2 3 4 5
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 3 0 3 6
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 5 1 2 3
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 5
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 4 0 3 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 5 3 1 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 2
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 4 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 1 1 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 7 297 244 53 52 38 46 47

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