1976 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1976 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round four of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Geelong (19.12.126) defeated Fitzroy (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 24 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,244

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.12.126 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 10 . 5 15 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Fitzroy 1 . 4 4 . 6 8 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Armour, David ? ? 0 2 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
5 Barkley, David ? ? 6 0 15 11 4 7 0 1 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 12 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 7 0 1 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 6 0 4 2
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 8 0 3 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 5 3 1 7
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 8 0 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 5 0
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 3 0 1 2
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 8 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 2
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 4 25 23 2 5 0 3 3
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 4 2 19 16 3 5 0 2 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 1 3 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 12 324 253 71 98 24 38 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 7 16 5 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 2 0 3 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 11 14 1 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 4
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 1 4 18 15 3 3 0 1 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 5 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 6
42 Dwyer, Lex ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 3 0 2 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 7 0 3 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 9 0 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 2 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 1
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 2 2
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 3
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 2 0 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 8 0 3 3
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 7 0 1 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 2 24 16 8 6 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 13 305 230 75 81 33 38 38

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