1972 VFL Season Round 22: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1972 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round twenty-two of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Melbourne (18.19.127) defeated Fitzroy (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 2 September 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,653

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.19.127 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 7 11 . 9 15 . 16 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 16 MELB by 33 MELB by 32 MELB by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 31 26 5 12 0 4 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 1 3
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 4 3 17 13 4 8 0 2 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 2 18 17 1 1 0 5 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 0 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 6 0 1 3
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 2 4 3
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 1 3 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 1 2 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 3 15 12 3 10 0 3 4
37 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 3 14 13 1 2 0 3 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 2 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 1 1 4
1 Walker, Max ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 4 7 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 4 3 33 28 5 12 0 4 4
54 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 5 0 1
9 Yeo, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 19 288 248 40 97 17 40 43

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 8 0 2 4
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 6 1 4
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 1 16 1 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 6 0 4 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 4 0 2 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 3
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 23 22 1 5 0 4 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 2 5 2
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 6 2 11 10 1 7 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 3 0 1 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 8 0 3 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 6 0 4 4
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 3 0 0 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 7 0 3 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 26 21 5 11 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 11 272 225 47 89 25 43 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