1975 VFL Season Round 20: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1975 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round twenty of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Fitzroy (13.22.100) defeated Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,181

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 13.22.100 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 7 8 . 13 12 . 20 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin FITZ by 24 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 2 16 16 0 6 0 4 5
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 5
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 3 2 18 12 6 0 7 1 3
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 8 0 3 1
43 Lewis, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 18 2 5 0 2 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 13 2 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 3 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 3 0 4 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 0 4 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 3 13 12 1 1 0 3 2
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 2 3 25 21 4 7 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 4 0 0 2
9 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 8 0 5 4
45 Weatherley, Graeme ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 19 8 11 0 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 22 259 207 52 68 22 44 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 6 0 2 3
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 4 1
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 1 0 2 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 5 0 3 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 1 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 4 3
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 3 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 4 0 2 5
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 9 1 3
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 1 4
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 8 0 3 1
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 232 185 47 63 9 37 44

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