1973 VFL Season Round 22: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1973 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twenty-two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (17.15.117) defeated Geelong (14.17.101).

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

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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