1972 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1972 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. David Dench captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Fitzroy (16.14.110) defeated North Melbourne (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,007

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.14.110 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 7 . 4 11 . 4 12 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
North Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin FITZ by 27 FITZ by 35 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 44 FITZ by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 5 0 2 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
9 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 4 0 2 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 10 2 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 1 14 1 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 3 2 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 3 36 34 2 6 0 6 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 5 0 2 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 7 0 1 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 8 0 3 6
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 4 4
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 0 25 19 6 9 0 4 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 5 1 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 17 8 9 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 303 242 61 74 26 44 47

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 3 19 14 5 9 0 3 2
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 5 3
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 4 0 4 0
11 Douglas, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 2 30 27 3 5 0 4 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 8 19 6 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 2 6
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 1 1 13 13 0 2 0 4 4
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 3 1 17 14 3 8 3 1 9
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 5 0 2 2
37 Muir, Russell ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 1
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 23 23 0 9 0 4 0
9 Pretty, David ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 0
52 Robinson, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 2 2 6
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 6 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 12 286 250 36 83 31 47 44

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