1972 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1972 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Essendon (14.17.101) defeated Fitzroy (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 26,791

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.17.101 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 8 12 . 11 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 5 . 6 12 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin level ESSE by 8 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 4 2 10 10 0 9 0 1 0
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 1 0 3 8
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 7 0 4 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 2 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 1 23 23 0 5 0 1 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 5 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 1 2 4
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 7 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 5 1 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 3 18 15 3 7 0 1 3
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 2 7 1 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 3 22 22 0 4 0 3 0
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 3
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 4 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 13 0 3 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 17 259 230 29 84 20 35 41

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 2 14 1 0
16 Formosa, John ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 4 0 2 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 6 1 2 2
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 4 19 1 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 0 25 25 0 5 0 2 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 3 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 0 20 18 2 2 0 5 6
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 3
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 4 0 4 4
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 2 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 4 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 1 1 0 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 1 0 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 0 24 11 13 6 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 9 282 231 51 71 35 41 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