1975 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1975 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round five of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Fitzroy (19.11.125) defeated Essendon (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 3 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,349

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 19.11.125 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 0 10 . 5 14 . 7 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Essendon 5 . 8 8 . 11 12 . 16 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin ESSE by 8 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 ? 2 2
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 ? 1 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 1 ? 2 1
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 ? 3 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 3 2 27 24 3 5 ? 2 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 ? 5 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 ? 1 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 ? 7 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 2 32 24 8 5 ? 4 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 ? 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 ? 5 2
13 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 2 ? 0 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 8 ? 4 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 ? 1 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 8 ? 2 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 6 0 15 11 4 5 ? 5 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 0 ? 4 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 9 ? 1 2
45 Weatherley, Graeme ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 2 ? 1 0
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 11 287 233 54 74 0+ 52 30

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 ? 1 4
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 6 ? 2 6
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 ? 2 6
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 ? 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 5 2 14 10 4 5 ? 2 4
9 Demetriou, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 1 ? 2 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 2 ? 2 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 ? 2 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 ? 3 2
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 ? 1 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 ? 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 3 9 9 0 6 ? 0 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 8 ? 1 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 3 ? 0 2
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 0 3 17 14 3 8 ? 1 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 ? 4 5
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 ? 2 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 2 ? 2 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 2 ? 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 17 253 212 41 72 0+ 30 54

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