1975 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1975 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

North Melbourne (11.19.85) were defeated by Fitzroy (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 12,707

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.19.85 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 11 6 . 13 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 5 . 9 12 . 13 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin FITZ by 19 FITZ by 4 FITZ by 36 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 4 18 14 4 8 ? 2 2
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 2 22 20 2 5 ? 1 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 3 27 26 1 2 ? 1 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 2 24 15 9 1 ? 1 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 ? 2 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 ? 2 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 ? 3 0
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 ? 1 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 ? 0 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 5 ? 2 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 ? 0 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 ? 1 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 1 ? 0 4
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 ? 1 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 2 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 ? 2 0
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 ? 2 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 ? 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 6 ? 3 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 2 11 10 1 4 ? 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 19 270 212 58 58 0+ 29 31

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Appleton, Rod ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 0 ? 3 2
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 0 1
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 9 ? 2 2
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 ? 5 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 4 ? 2 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 ? 0 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 ? 2 4
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 ? 1 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 1 26 22 4 7 ? 3 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 ? 2 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 2 0
13 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 6 1 12 9 3 1 ? 2 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 30 20 10 4 ? 3 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 4 1 18 11 7 0 ? 0 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 4 18 14 4 6 ? 0 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 2 5 3 2 4 ? 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 3 ? 0 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 ? 3 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 293 227 66 63 0+ 31 29

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