1972 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1972 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Fitzroy (12.17.89) defeated Melbourne (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Monday 12 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 23,103

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 12.17.89 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 8 . 8 10 . 11 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 6 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin FITZ by 6 FITZ by 15 MELB by 7 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 12 0 1
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 3 0 5 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 1 2 2
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 8 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 5 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 4 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 38 38 0 13 0 2 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 1
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 3 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 7 0 0 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 4 20 15 5 15 0 0 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 3 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 6 1 9 9 0 7 0 2 5
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 5 1 3 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 4 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 1 26 16 10 10 0 2 0
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 12 17 300 245 55 100 23 39 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 4 0 3 2
26 Anderson, Col ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 1 0 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 7 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 3 12 12 0 4 1 1 1
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 3 0 17 16 1 5 0 1 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 3 24 19 5 1 0 1 1
34 Clennett, John ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 7 22 1 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 4 3
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 8 3 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 1 1
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 3 11 10 1 4 0 1 2
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 3
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 2 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 4
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 6 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 10 257 234 23 69 27 26 39

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