1973 VFL Round 2: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1973 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round 2 of the 1973 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Moorabbin Oval. Stuart Trott captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

St Kilda
S. Trott (capt.), J. Bonney, G. Colling, A. Davis, G. Elliott, R. Galt, S. Grambeau, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, M. Malthouse, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, T. Payze, R. Reynolds, J. Stephens, S. Theodore, G. Young

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), G. Austen, N. Brown, N. Dare, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, S. Molloy, K. Murray, G. Noonan, B. Padley, G. Renwick, L. Richards, L. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, A. Thompson, D. Wall, G. Wilson

St Kilda (20.8.128) defeated Fitzroy (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: R. Galt (5), B. Lawrence (4), J. Stephens (4), A. Davis (3), G. Colling (2), J. Moran (2)
Fitzroy: W. Irwin (2), J. Murphy (2), N. Dare, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, G. Noonan, G. Renwick, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Fitzroy were then 7th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 23,162

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.8.128 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 2 11 . 4 16 . 5 20 . 8 20 . 8 (128)
Fitzroy 4 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FITZ by 5 STKL by 43 STKL by 64 STKL by 57 STKL by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy)
Captains: Stuart Trott (St Kilda), John Murphy (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 2 0 23 12 11 6 0 1 2
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 1 26 20 6 5 0 4 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 4 0 4 3
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 5 1 20 17 3 12 13 1 1
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 3 1 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 2 3
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 4 2 17 12 5 4 0 2 3
37 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 4
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 5 0 2 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 3 0 2 2
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 18 4 4
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 8 0 1 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 3
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 5
22 Stephens, John ? ? 4 1 23 22 1 8 0 5 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
7 Trott, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 0 0
27 Young, George ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 8 305 241 64 75 34 38 47

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 2 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 13 5 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 7 0 1 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 3 22 20 2 5 0 4 4
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 6 13 5 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 4 0 6 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 5 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 4 0 2 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 0
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 4
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 7 2 4 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 4 0 0 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 0 0 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 3 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 1 2
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 1 0 4
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 11 284 232 52 79 34 47 38

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