1973 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1973 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Fitzroy (16.8.104) defeated South Melbourne (7.15.57).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Monday 4 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,119

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.8.104 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 0 10 . 4 12 . 4 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
South Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 3 7 . 14 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin SMLB by 9 FITZ by 37 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 47 FITZ by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 10 4 6
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 3 5 3 4
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 2 2
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0
49 Hayes, Kerrin ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 3 0 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 1 0 3 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 5 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 4 0 24 21 3 8 0 3 6
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 3
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 2 0 1 4
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 3 0
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 2 5 5
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 1 3 5
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 3 0 4 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 2 0 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 28 18 10 6 0 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 8 293 234 59 73 18 51 45

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 16 4 3
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 1
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 5 2 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 3 0 3 2
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 3 2 4
43 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 5
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 3 26 24 2 6 0 6 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 11 0 3 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 2 0 3 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 4
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 2 6
38 Obudzinski, Ted ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 6 32 26 6 4 0 2 5
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 3 3
42 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 1 4
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 15 240 202 38 58 24 45 51

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