1973 VFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1973 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Collingwood (15.13.103) defeated Fitzroy (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,822

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.13.103 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 2 6 . 6 11 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Fitzroy 5 . 4 8 . 6 9 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin FITZ by 14 FITZ by 12 COLL by 15 COLL by 35 COLL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 4
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 5
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 2 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 1 3 4
35 Foley, Kerry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 3 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 9 2 3 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 5 2 1 4
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 5 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 6 4 2 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 5 3 10 10 0 6 0 3 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 3 3 13 10 3 6 0 3 5
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 8 0 1 2
3 Price, Barry ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 0
28 Reichman, Graeme ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 1 0 2 4
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 3 20 18 2 7 3 3 5
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 29 27 2 6 0 3 2
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 3 1
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 6 19 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 13 279 237 42 88 31 49 55

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 2 2 1
38 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 2 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 14 5 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 5 0 4 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 1 2 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 0 21 20 1 4 0 5 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 1 0 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 1 3 2
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 5 1 1 5
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 4 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 1 5
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 8 0 7 4
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 4 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 5 4
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 3 26 20 6 6 0 6 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 8 277 217 60 70 20 55 49

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