1975 VFL Round 17: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1975 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round 17 of the 1975 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Moorabbin Oval. Barry Lawrence captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

St Kilda
B. Lawrence (capt.), N. Besanko, B. Breen, P. Callery, G. Colling, A. Davis, S. Deacon, G. Elliott, R. Greene, W. Judson, D. Legge, J. Manzie, R. Muir, B. Mynott, K. Neale, R. Reynolds, J. Sarau, R. Smith, S. Theodore, G. Young

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), W. Irwin (vice-capt.), G. Allan, J. Duckworth, J. Lewis, W. Linton, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. O'Keeffe, G. Robertson, R. Sault, D. Searl, B. Shepherd, C. Smith, A. Thompson, G. Weatherley, D. Whitford, G. Wilson

St Kilda (12.15.87) defeated Fitzroy (7.14.56).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: P. Callery (2), A. Davis (2), J. Sarau (2), G. Young (2), B. Breen, K. Neale, R. Smith, S. Theodore
Fitzroy: J. Murphy (2), G. Wilson (2), G. Allan, J. Lewis, G. Weatherley

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Fitzroy remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 15,259

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.15.87 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 0 4 . 4 5 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Fitzroy 4 . 6 6 . 8 7 . 14 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin FITZ by 24 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 16 STKL by 31 STKL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Kevin Rose (Fitzroy)
Captains: Barry Lawrence (St Kilda), John Murphy (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Warwick Irwin (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Nash

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 2 0
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 6 0 2 5
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 0 26 23 3 1 0 6 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 1 2 1 9
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 1 0 5 2
28 Deacon, Simon ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 3 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 6 0 4 3
6 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 5 0 0 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 3 5
5 Lawrence, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 1
37 Legge, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 2 1
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 8 0 0 4
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 8 6 2 5
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 2 0 24 19 5 8 14 4 1
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 3 0 5 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 7 0 1 0
27 Young, George ? ? 2 5 18 12 6 4 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 15 322 238 84 82 26 45 49

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 3 27 26 1 6 0 6 1
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 4 1 9
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 0 2 20 18 2 5 1 1 3
43 Lewis, John ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 4 10 0 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 1 3
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 12 12 5 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 4 8
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 5 0 1 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 1 24 22 2 6 0 6 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 6 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 3 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 4 0 4 1
45 Weatherley, Graeme ? ? 1 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 4 1 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 0 22 16 6 5 0 6 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 14 285 239 46 84 28 49 45

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