1971 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1971 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Fitzroy (20.19.139) defeated Geelong (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,899

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 20.19.139 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 9 9 . 10 13 . 15 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
Geelong 4 . 1 6 . 3 7 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin FITZ by 8 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 44 FITZ by 63 FITZ by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 9 0 1 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 10 14 3 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 15 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 3 22 18 4 7 0 0 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 6 4
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 6 3 31 27 4 7 0 8 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 1 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 3 2 22 18 4 3 0 3 0
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 8 0 1 5
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 7 0 7 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 4
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 4 24 18 6 12 2 0 4
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 2 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 4
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 4
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 3 4 14 11 3 6 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 19 314 256 58 99 32 45 50

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 12 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 4 22 22 0 8 0 2 4
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 2 2 19 19 0 2 0 6 0
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 2 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 6 2
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 2 3
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 5 0 1 1
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 1 0 5 3
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 4
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 2 0 3 1
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 1 6
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 3 2 16 12 4 8 0 4 6
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 6
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 3 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 5 1 4 1
39 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 10 245 213 32 58 17 52 45

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