1972 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1972 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Doug Wade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Fitzroy (10.9.69) were defeated by Geelong (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,046

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 10.9.69 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 2 6 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Geelong 1 . 0 6 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin FITZ by 2 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 7 0 0 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 2 5 2 0
9 Brain, Ray ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 3 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 5 2 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 1 1 3
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 5 6 1 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 9 0 2 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 31 30 1 9 0 4 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 3 0 6 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 2 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 5 2
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 4 1 1 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 4 0 3 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 2 4 13 12 1 7 0 2 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 0 28 21 7 8 0 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 9 281 237 44 89 18 46 30

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 2 0 4 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 3 20 18 2 10 1 0 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 3 23 23 0 7 0 1 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 0 2
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 4 3 0 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 1 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 2 37 31 6 5 0 4 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 6 0 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 8 9 4 5
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 9 0 4 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 6 0 2 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 1
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 1 3
7 Stokes, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 3
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 4 3 11 10 1 4 0 0 3
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 9 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 13 291 249 42 106 14 30 46

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