1972 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1972 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round five of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Geelong (11.9.75) were defeated by Fitzroy (19.13.127).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 29 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,343

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.9.75 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 4 . 2 6 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 8 . 5 14 . 11 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin FITZ by 19 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 52 FITZ by 52 FITZ by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 12 2 2 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 3 0 21 20 1 9 1 2 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 22 22 0 7 0 2 4
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 25 24 1 4 0 5 0
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 3 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 3 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 7 20 0 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 4 0
8 Lindquist, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 28 24 4 4 0 5 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 6 1 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 6 1 4 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 1 2 1
7 Stokes, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 3 1 0 0
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 3 4 12 9 3 7 0 1 3
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 0
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 300 257 43 87 32 45 37

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 6 17 1 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 5 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 4 11 1 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 1 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 4 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 32 28 4 5 0 2 8
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 4 2 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 5 0 2 1
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 4 0 3 4
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 7 0 1 0
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 4 6
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 1 0 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 4
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 5 0 1 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 5 0 3 5
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 3 23 17 6 8 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 13 316 245 71 89 31 37 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