1976 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1976 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Fitzroy (11.22.88) defeated South Melbourne (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,367

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 11.22.88 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 4 9 . 8 11 . 18 11 . 22 11 . 22 (88)
South Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 9 7 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin FITZ by 21 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 16 5 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 3 24 20 4 1 0 3 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 1 2 1
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 4 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 5 1 1 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 1 20 19 1 2 0 2 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 5 0 2 3
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 2 1 4
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 3 17 15 2 3 0 2 4
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 5 2 3
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 7 13 11 2 6 4 4 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 0 0 4 2
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 0 3 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 2 25 13 12 2 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 22 285 220 65 50 29 40 35

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 4 0 2 4
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 3 0 4 1
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 3 3
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 3 0 2 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 10 2 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 0 0 3 3
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 3 1
1 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 4 3
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 1 23 21 2 8 0 0 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 4 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 3 0 0 3
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 4 1 1 4
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 246 208 38 56 12 35 40

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