1976 VFL Season Round 5: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1976 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round five of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Fitzroy (15.13.103) were defeated by Melbourne (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,131

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 15.13.103 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 4 . 7 11 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Melbourne 2 . 5 10 . 7 14 . 11 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 36 MELB by 19 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Rose

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 12 3 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 2 28 22 6 1 0 2 4
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 9 3 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 3
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 3
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 4 0 4 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 3 1 5 4
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 4 0 4 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 3 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 3 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 2 0 2 2
13 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 2 3 10 10 0 4 0 2 3
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 6 1 14 12 2 11 1 0 2
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 8 5 0 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 4 2 0 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 3
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 5 0 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 24 13 11 1 0 4 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 13 282 211 71 64 30 45 48

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 3 0 17 13 4 5 0 4 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 4 0 2 2
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 0 0 2 5
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 0 0 4 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 3 2 24 18 6 7 0 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 3
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 5 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 2 20 12 8 6 0 1 5
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 4 0 1 0
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 5 3
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 0 6 1 1
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 6 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 9 11 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 2 29 21 8 5 0 7 5
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 13 251 198 53 57 17 48 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