1972 VFL Season Round 18: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1972 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Collingwood (19.15.129) defeated Fitzroy (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 25,007

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.15.129 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 10 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin COLL by 6 COLL by 10 COLL by 25 COLL by 44 COLL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Barry Price
Coach: Neil Mann

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 1 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 6 1 1 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 1 3 0
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 7 1 2 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 3 1 12 11 1 9 8 1 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 2 10 10 0 8 0 1 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 3 4 17 14 3 7 0 4 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 1 0
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 3 0
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 1 1 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 8 0 1 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 2 33 31 2 9 0 4 5
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 0
35 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 2 4
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 0 27 18 9 6 25 8 4
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 15 301 249 52 98 37 40 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 5 18 2 7
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 1
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 1 0 0 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 3 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 1 0 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 34 34 0 11 0 3 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 1 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 2 0 5 6
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 11 0 3 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 0 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
19 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 4 0 0 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 4 0 2 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 0 27 22 5 6 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 13 274 234 40 80 23 33 40

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