1971 VFL Round 21: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1971 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round 21 of the 1971 VFL season. 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
K. Murray (capt.), N. Brown, R. Crow, W. Irwin, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, B. Padley, D. Rhodes, L. Richards, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, R. Sault, D. Searl, R. Serafini, P. Shanahan, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), B. Armstrong, B. Barrot, N. Chandler, I. Collins, B. Crosswell, B. Doull, P. Fyffe, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, K. Hall, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, D. McKay, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, G. Southby, V. Waite, J. Warden

Fitzroy (15.15.105) defeated Carlton (11.16.82).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: J. Murphy (4), P. Shanahan (3), N. Brown (2), K. Murray (2), A. Ruscuklic (2), R. Crow, D. Rhodes
Carlton: B. Crosswell (4), A. Gallagher (2), B. Armstrong, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, I. Robertson

As a result of this match, Fitzroy were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Carlton remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), John Nicholls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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