1975 VFL Round 15: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1975 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round 15 of the 1975 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Warwick Irwin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Murray Weideman and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, W. Barrot, S. Clifford, I. Cooper, R. Dean, R. Dunne, W. Gordon, D. Gott, K. Grose, B. Heard, A. Ireland, R. Kink, P. Manassa, D. O'Callaghan, M. Richardson, G. Shephard, J. Wise

Fitzroy
W. Irwin (capt.), G. Allan, R. Carter, J. Duckworth, J. Lewis, W. Linton, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. O'Keeffe, R. Sault, D. Searl, R. Serafini, B. Shepherd, C. Smith, N. Taylor, A. Thompson, D. Wall, G. Weatherley

Collingwood (16.19.115) defeated Fitzroy (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: L. Thompson (5), R. Kink (3), G. Anderson (2), B. Heard (2), D. Gott, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, J. Wise
Fitzroy: R. Serafini (4), G. Weatherley (3), G. Allan, W. Irwin, J. Lewis, D. Wall

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 17,129

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.19.115 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 4 6 . 7 11 . 16 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin COLL by 14 COLL by 9 COLL by 35 COLL by 42 COLL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Murray Weideman (Collingwood), Kevin Rose (Fitzroy)
Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Warwick Irwin (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), unknown (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Nash

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 2 2 19 14 5 4 0 2 1
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
27 Barrot, Wes ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 3 27 21 6 4 0 4 1
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 9 0 3 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 4 0 5
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 7 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 4 0 1 0
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 2 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 6 13 1 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 4 0 3 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 3 2 20 17 3 8 0 4 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 6
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 1 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 0 1 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 5 0 2 2
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 5 2 21 15 6 8 13 1 4
37 Wise, John ? ? 1 4 14 11 3 4 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 19 303 244 59 82 30 38 44

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 3
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 3 4
7 Irwin, Warwick (ac) ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 4 0 2 3
43 Lewis, John ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 6 17 0 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 3 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 2 9 0 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 3 0 5 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 2
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 1 2 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 7 0 2 3
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 3 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 4 1 12 11 1 3 1 2 2
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 0 2 1 1
9 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 30 25 5 4 0 5 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 1 0
45 Weatherley, Graeme ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 4 2 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 7 271 203 68 51 32 44 33

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