1971 VFL Season Round 21: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1971 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round twenty-one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (15.15.105) defeated Carlton (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 21 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 22,413

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Carlton
Score: 15.15.105 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 9 . 10 11 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Carlton 3 . 7 5 . 9 10 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin CARL by 9 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 4 9 1 5
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 5 14 1 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 2 0 4 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 4 0 20 20 0 1 0 6 7
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 3 18 16 2 3 0 1 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 5 0 4 0
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 1 0 4 4
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 2 24 23 1 17 0 1 0
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 1
47 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 1
38 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 3 3 11 7 4 4 0 0 2
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 4 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 15 242 211 31 67 23 36 33

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 2 24 22 2 1 0 5 1
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 2
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 4 1 14 11 3 4 0 1 0
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 2
44 Fyffe, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 0 21 21 0 7 0 3 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 0 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 2 0 1 5
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 4 1 3 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 13 5 8 6 8 2 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 3
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 15 1 4
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 4 0 2 2
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 1 2 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 2
46 Warden, John ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 3 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 16 235 189 46 57 25 33 36

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