1971 VFL Season Round 19: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1971 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (11.17.83) defeated South Melbourne (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,253

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 11.17.83 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 8 6 . 8 10 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
South Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 6 7 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin FITZ by 24 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 13 12 0 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 3 0 13 11 2 4 12 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 27 24 3 2 0 4 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 2 1
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 1 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 25 23 2 7 0 4 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 1 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 3 0 3 5
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 2 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 4 1 1 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 1 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 4 20 16 4 13 0 2 3
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 2 30 21 9 6 1 4 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 9 0 2 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 6 0 0 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 17 325 269 56 97 27 35 36

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 4
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 2 26 16 10 3 0 3 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 1 0 4 2
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 0
37 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 8 3 3
15 Droscher, David ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 2 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 2 1
50 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 0 2
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 0 3 3
44 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 2 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 1 0 1 5
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 2 0 3 1
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 2 0 3 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 2 0 2 1
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 1 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 3 20 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 10 271 213 58 51 28 36 35

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