1972 VFL Season Round 21: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1972 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Fitzroy (14.20.104) were defeated by Essendon (18.11.119).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,252

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 14.20.104 - 18.11.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 6 10 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Essendon 5 . 2 7 . 3 15 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Margin ESSE by 2 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 3 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 5 9 1 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 21 4 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 2 0 25 24 1 6 0 4 1
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 7 17 14 3 1 0 1 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 1 0 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 3 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 5 30 30 0 3 0 1 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 2 0 3 3
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 3 0
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 3
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 5 1 3 3
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 1 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 8 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 4 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 5 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 20 276 230 46 69 31 42 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 4 3 12 10 2 5 0 4 2
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 4 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 8 0 0 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 3 1 17 14 3 9 0 2 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 6 0 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 3 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 1 2 4
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 4 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 12 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 4 0 1 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 5 0 5 3
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 5 0 3 5
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 7 0 1 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 4 2 25 22 3 5 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 11 285 242 43 88 17 37 42

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