1973 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1973 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (16.12.108) defeated North Melbourne (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,886

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.12.108 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 12 . 9 14 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
North Melbourne 5 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 12 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin NMLB by 7 FITZ by 37 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 4 5 2 4
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 6 9 0 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 3 1 16 10 6 4 0 4 1
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 2 28 21 7 7 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 5 0 1 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 9 14 5 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 3 29 28 1 4 0 4 1
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 6 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 5 0 0 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 2 3
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 7 0 4 3
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 5
9 Wall, David ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 3 1 1 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 4 0 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 12 291 224 67 77 29 45 35

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 1 1 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 5 0 5 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 0 26 24 2 3 0 3 2
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 1
15 Doherty, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 1 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 3 25 21 4 5 0 0 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 9 19 3 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 1 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 0 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 3 16 10 6 6 0 3 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 1 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 2 2 16 10 6 2 12 1 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 4
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 3
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 5 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 4 0 3 5
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 3 11 11 0 6 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 18 295 238 57 72 32 35 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