1973 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1973 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Melbourne (19.20.134) defeated Fitzroy (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,105

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.20.134 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 9 . 0 13 . 6 15 . 12 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Fitzroy 4 . 5 8 . 8 12 . 12 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MELB by 25 MELB by 28 MELB by 18 MELB by 37 MELB by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Campbell (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 3 19 16 3 6 0 0 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 0
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 5 0 1 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 2 35 26 9 3 1 0 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 3 0 0 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 7 14 1 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 7 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 14 11 0 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 0 2
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 8 0 3 0
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 2
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 2 3 2 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 3 2 22 17 5 7 0 1 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 4 32 28 4 5 0 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 20 305 248 57 89 29 22 32

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 7 6 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 2 1 10 10 0 6 6 1 1
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 0 1
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 11 15 4 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 3 32 31 1 4 0 7 1
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 2
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 3 2 13 12 1 7 0 2 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 2 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 2 0 2 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 3 0 0 1
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 7 0 0 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 4 0 5 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 13 255 209 46 84 27 32 22

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