1972 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1972 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round two of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Fitzroy (12.16.88) defeated St Kilda (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,998

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. St Kilda
Score: 12.16.88 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 5 8 . 6 10 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
St Kilda 1 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin FITZ by 34 FITZ by 7 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 23 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 4 3
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 4 6 0 6
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 1 0 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 0 0 2 4
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 1 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 1 1
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 10 1 2 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 5 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 2 2 12 7 5 4 0 1 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 4 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 3 12 12 0 6 0 2 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 6 0 17 14 3 2 1 3 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 4 0 2 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 7 3 2 4
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 23 14 9 6 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 16 287 231 56 76 36 42 42

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 1 4
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 4 0 1 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 2
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 5 0 18 17 1 3 0 5 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 5 1
16 Ellis, David ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 7 11 1 4
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 3 1
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 4
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 3
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 2 0
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 4 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 19 1 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 3 0 4 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 4
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 1 1 4 3
32 Stephens, John ? ? 2 3 15 15 0 7 0 2 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 6 0 0 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 5 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 8 235 212 23 61 31 42 42

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