1973 VFL Round 22: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1973 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round 22 of the 1973 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), G. Austen, N. Brown, R. Crow, C. Cruse, N. Dare, W. Irwin, A. Lukas, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, K. Murray, K. O'Keeffe, L. Richards, G. Robertson, L. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, D. Wall, G. Wilson

Geelong
G. Ainsworth (capt.), G. Andrews, D. Clarke, W. Closter, T. Evans, T. Farman, T. Gilmore, I. Hampshire, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, T. Mayne, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett, P. Stevens, R. Whatman, W. Yates

Fitzroy (17.15.117) defeated Geelong (14.17.101).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: G. Wilson (5), J. Murphy (2), K. O'Keeffe (2), D. Wall (2), C. Cruse, N. Dare, W. Irwin, D. McMahon, L. Richards, R. Serafini
Geelong: D. Clarke (3), R. Whatman (3), J. Hawkins (2), K. Newland (2), T. Gilmore, I. Nankervis, P. Sarah, P. Stevens

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 8th on the ladder and Geelong remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 1 September 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,172

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 17.15.117 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 3 6 . 6 10 . 9 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Geelong 5 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 11 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy), Graham Farmer (Geelong)
Captains: John Murphy (Fitzroy), Geoff Ainsworth (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 2 6
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 10 2 3
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 3 0 3 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 6 0 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 4 23 16 7 2 0 2 4
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 1 0 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 1 32 30 2 5 0 8 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 3 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 7 1 3 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 8 1 1 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 6 0 5 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 3 0 0 4
9 Wall, David ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 6 0 1 5
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 5 1 23 18 5 3 0 5 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 15 252 206 46 67 16 40 50

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 3 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 2 23 23 0 7 0 4 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 6 0 0 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 11 0 2 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 3
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 1 2 24 22 2 5 0 1 5
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 4 0 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 6 4
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 3 28 24 4 5 0 5 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 5 2 2 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 12 4 5
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 5 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 3 4 18 18 0 6 0 3 1
38 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 6 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 17 259 228 31 77 24 45 40

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