1973 VFL 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 20 of the 1973 VFL season.
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
P. Bedford (capt.), V. Aanensen, R. Ball, B. Beecroft, G. Brice, R. Cook, G. Dempster, R. Doyle, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, S. Gull, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, N. Stibbard, R. Stibbard, I. Thomson, B. Woodman
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), G. Austen, C. Cruse, N. Dare, W. Irwin, A. Lukas, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, K. Murray, J. Newton, K. O'Keeffe, B. Padley, L. Richards, G. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, C. Smith, D. Wall, G. Wilson
South Melbourne (15.11.101) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.21.105).
Goalkickers
South Melbourne: S. Gull (5), N. Stibbard (3), P. Bedford (2), V. Aanensen, G. Brice, G. Lambert, J. Pitura, R. Stibbard
Fitzroy: G. Wilson (4), I. McCulloch (2), D. McMahon (2), C. Cruse, N. Dare, W. Irwin, J. Newton, G. Robertson, D. Wall
As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
Graeme John
(South Melbourne),
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Peter Bedford
(South Melbourne),
John Murphy
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||