1973 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1973 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Geoff Ainsworth captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Geelong (16.8.104) defeated Fitzroy (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 12,786

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.8.104 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 3 13 . 4 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Fitzroy 0 . 3 3 . 5 8 . 7 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 2 33 31 2 7 0 6 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 5 4
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 8 3 2 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 3
29 Hawkins, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 1 2
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 4
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 34 27 7 3 0 6 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 4 2 18 15 3 10 0 2 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 6 15 5 5
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 2 0 1 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 5 0 3 4
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 8 276 241 35 76 18 45 44

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 6 0 1
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 5 3 1
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 1
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 4
49 Hayes, Kerrin ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 4 26 21 5 3 0 2 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 3 6 2 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 8 0 1 6
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 2 37 33 4 8 1 5 7
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 2 5
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 0 1 4 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 6 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 1 2 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 4 3
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 5 0 2 0
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 5 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 15 292 223 69 76 20 44 45

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