1973 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1973 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain John Williams captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Essendon (15.17.107) defeated Fitzroy (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,632

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.17.107 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 1 6 . 8 9 . 12 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Fitzroy 6 . 2 7 . 7 12 . 9 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin FITZ by 37 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 15 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: John Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 2 0 3 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 1 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 0 0 3 7
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 2 0 6 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 25 25 0 6 0 3 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 9 11 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan (avc) ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 2 5
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 6 12 0 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 3 2 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 4 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 4 22 20 2 0 0 3 4
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 4 1
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 2 1 13 13 0 5 0 3 4
22 Williams, John (ac) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 1 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 3 2 37 36 1 7 0 3 2
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 17 255 221 34 66 26 44 49

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 6 19 3 5
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 9 1 0
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 6 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
49 Hayes, Kerrin ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 1 0 4 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 3 19 17 2 1 0 2 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 5 0 1 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 3 25 23 2 3 0 5 6
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 4 3
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 4 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 1 2 3
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 7 0 3 4
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 4 0 1 3
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 5 1 18 17 1 3 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 244 212 32 52 30 49 44

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