1975 VFL Season Round 13: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1975 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Warwick Irwin captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Fitzroy (11.10.76) were defeated by Footscray (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 28 June 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,832

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 11.10.76 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Footscray 3 . 4 5 . 8 10 . 15 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Warwick Irwin (acting)
Coach: Kevin Rose

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 0 ? 2 4
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 ? 3 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 0 ? 3 1
18 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 ? 0 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 6 5
42 Dwyer, Lex ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 ? 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick (ac) ? ? 0 3 20 17 3 0 ? 4 3
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 ? 1 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 4 ? 2 5
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 6 ? 3 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 ? 1 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 1 ? 1 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 ? 1 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 ? 1 3
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 3 ? 0 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 5 ? 1 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 4 ? 0 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 4 2 12 12 0 4 ? 1 2
9 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 ? 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 ? 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 10 264 208 56 52 0+ 35 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 ? 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 ? 0 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 3 ? 2 3
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 ? 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 ? 4 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 4 ? 2 3
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 32 28 4 2 ? 3 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 27 23 4 3 ? 2 1
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 2 ? 3 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 9 ? 2 3
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 ? 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 ? 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 2 15 13 2 2 ? 2 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 ? 1 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 ? 7 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 4 11 11 0 7 ? 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 3 15 11 4 3 ? 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 17 301 240 61 64 0+ 36 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