1973 VFL Season Round 20: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1973 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round twenty of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

South Melbourne (15.11.101) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.21.105).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 8,584

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 15.11.101 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 8 . 13 12 . 15 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin SMLB by 11 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 26 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 16 0 2
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 0
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 4 31 21 10 10 0 3 1
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 7 0 4 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 3 3 3
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 8 0 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 1 36 31 5 4 0 9 5
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 5 1 8 7 1 5 1 0 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 6 0 1 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 11 0 1 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 5 0 0 5
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 2 2
41 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 2
42 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 5
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 11 297 236 61 90 28 30 39

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 15 2 2
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 3 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 23 16 7 4 0 3 3
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 2 3 10 7 3 7 6 4 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 21 17 4 8 0 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 0 36 32 4 6 1 5 2
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 4
27 Newton, Jack ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 5 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 1 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 3 19 17 2 7 1 3 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 2 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
9 Wall, David ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 1 28 20 8 7 0 5 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 21 296 240 56 83 23 39 30

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