1975 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1975 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Warwick Irwin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Melbourne (18.15.123) defeated Fitzroy (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,244

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.15.123 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 3 9 . 8 11 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 7 . 5 16 . 5 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin MELB by 31 MELB by 15 FITZ by 23 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Fitzroy

Captain: Warwick Irwin (acting)
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 1 24 19 5 2 ? 3 3
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 4 2 11 9 2 8 ? 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 ? 2 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 4 2 12 9 3 5 ? 2 3
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 ? 2 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 2 ? 0 2
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 ? 0 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 0 20 10 10 4 ? 1 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 0 20 17 3 6 ? 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 ? 1 0
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 0 ? 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 4 ? 3 1
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 ? 3 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 ? 2 2
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 2 ? 2 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 ? 2 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 8 ? 0 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 ? 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 3 25 22 3 4 ? 6 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 15 282 219 63 64 0+ 35 41

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 1 ? 5 3
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 5 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
18 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 ? 0 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (ac) ? ? 4 0 32 24 8 4 ? 2 3
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 2 ? 3 1
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 ? 1 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 3 ? 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 3 ? 2 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 ? 1 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 2 ? 4 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 3 ? 1 2
13 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 ? 2 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 3 1 15 9 6 7 ? 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 5 ? 1 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 1 25 19 6 2 ? 4 5
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 0 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 5 ? 4 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 3 2 21 16 5 5 ? 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 10 315 220 95 57 0+ 41 35

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