1975 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1975 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round eight of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Warwick Irwin captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Fitzroy (13.13.91) defeated South Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,010

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 13.13.91 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 7 . 4 9 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin FITZ by 33 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 42 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Warwick Irwin (acting)
Coach: Kevin Rose

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 ? 3 4
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 ? 1 4
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 ? 2 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 ? 4 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (ac) ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 1 ? 1 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 ? 3 3
44 Lorenzini, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 ? 1 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 11 ? 5 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 ? 5 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 ? 2 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 3 2 32 26 6 6 ? 4 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 ? 0 2
13 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 2 ? 1 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 ? 3 2
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 2 16 12 4 7 ? 0 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 ? 0 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 4 ? 2 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 0 31 22 9 6 ? 3 3
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 3 ? 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 13 287 225 62 78 0+ 42 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 1 21 17 4 3 ? 1 1
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 0 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 8 ? 3 0
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 ? 1 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 ? 0 2
35 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 ? 6 3
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 ? 1 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 ? 3 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 4 3 26 25 1 3 ? 3 3
47 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 ? 0 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 0 27 20 7 1 ? 4 0
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 ? 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 ? 4 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 ? 1 3
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 ? 1 1
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 ? 3 1
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 9 ? 3 4
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 ? 1 2
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 1 ? 0 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 4 ? 4 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 12 273 224 49 59 0+ 41 42

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