1973 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1973 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round four of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Fitzroy (13.9.87) were defeated by Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 16,101

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.9.87 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 1 8 . 4 11 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Melbourne 6 . 2 8 . 6 11 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 2 MELB by 4 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 4 3 1
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 8 0 4 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 3 25 23 2 4 0 5 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 17 5 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 4 1 14 11 3 5 0 0 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 4 0 3 4
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 3 3
27 Newton, Jack ? ? 2 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 1 5 1
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 3 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 7 3
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 0
9 Wall, David ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 3 0 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 29 19 10 11 0 5 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 9 280 220 60 78 22 55 31

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 1 0 1 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 2 0 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 3 5
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 6 3 23 21 2 7 0 5 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 33 25 8 4 0 2 6
5 Clennett, John ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 6 1 3
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 0 0 4 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 9 0 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 4 0 1 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 6 11 0 4
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 2
42 Morgan, John ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 3 1 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 1 3 3
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 5 0 2 4
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 2 27 22 5 7 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 16 273 233 40 71 30 31 55

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