1975 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1975 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the hosts with Graham Moss as vice-captain. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Warwick Irwin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Essendon (11.11.77) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.19.115).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,582

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.11.77 - 16.19.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 11 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Margin FITZ by 14 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 38 FITZ by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Vice-Captain: Graham Moss (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Fitzroy

Captain: Warwick Irwin (acting)
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 1 1
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 6 0 5 3
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 1 2
9 Demetriou, Jim ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 4 4 1 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 8
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 0
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 2
16 Hatcher, Graeme ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 1 1 0
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 9 9 2 1
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 5 0 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 4 2 11 9 2 6 0 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 3 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 4 2
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 3 0 2 4
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 2 18 18 0 3 0 3 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 230 192 38 62 14 37 39

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 3
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 0 7 2 6
42 Dwyer, Lex ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 5 0 0 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (ac) ? ? 1 2 29 23 6 5 0 3 1
43 Lewis, John ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 21 0 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 23 22 1 2 0 4 1
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 8 0 0 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 5 7 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 3 4
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 3 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 2 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 3 2 25 20 5 9 0 0 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 3 2 16 11 5 8 1 1 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 2 29 26 3 3 0 6 0
45 Weatherley, Graeme ? ? 3 3 10 7 3 7 1 2 2
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 2 0 3 4
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 3 19 15 4 3 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 19 309 239 70 72 37 39 37

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