1972 VFL Season Round 19: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1972 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Fitzroy (14.14.98) defeated South Melbourne (6.17.53).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,451

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 6.17.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
South Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 8 4 . 11 6 . 17 6 . 17 (53)
Margin FITZ by 11 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 6 8 1 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 17 0 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 4 0 0 1
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 1 0 4 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 26 23 3 7 0 1 4
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 5 0 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 4 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 8 0 2 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 34 30 4 9 0 2 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 3 0
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 3 0 2 4
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 6 0 2 3
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 2 29 25 4 16 0 1 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 5 2 15 12 3 9 0 3 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 1 23 20 3 3 0 6 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 6 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 2 31 25 6 8 0 7 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 341 281 60 106 30 39 36

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 3 2 20 18 2 5 0 2 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 6 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 1 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 10 4 3
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 2 20 20 0 6 0 1 2
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 2
43 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 6 0 2 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 2 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 3 0 4 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 2 8 8 0 4 0 0 1
2 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 0 4 15 15 0 3 0 5 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 4 2
8 Morton, Lance ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 1 19 19 0 8 0 1 6
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 3
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 2 0 1 3
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 0 5
50 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 6 17 258 238 20 64 11 36 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