1973 VFL Season Round 21: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1973 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Fitzroy (13.22.100) defeated Essendon (9.23.77).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,675

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 13.22.100 - 9.23.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 6 7 . 11 9 . 15 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Essendon 2 . 6 3 . 10 6 . 16 9 . 23 9 . 23 (77)
Margin level FITZ by 25 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 2 7 3 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 11 2 6
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 0 0 3 0
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 4 27 20 7 2 0 5 2
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 3 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 7 0 1 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 2 27 25 2 1 0 4 4
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 1 2 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 4 6
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 3 18 7 11 2 0 1 0
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 4 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 3 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 3 2 6 5 1 3 0 0 3
9 Wall, David ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 12 0 3 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 3 24 18 6 3 0 6 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 22 264 208 56 60 19 52 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 4
49 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 3 0 0 4
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 3 0 2 6
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 2 0 3 4
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 3 0 3 5
29 Emin, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 4 13 9 4 2 0 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 0 0 2 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 2 0 6 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 6 5 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 0 2 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 10 7 2 5
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 6 3 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 3 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 4 1
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 5 0 0 1
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 3 25 25 0 4 0 3 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 9 23 227 197 30 59 19 44 52

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