1976 VFL Round 8: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1976 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round 8 of the 1976 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Murray Weideman and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, S. Bond, P. Carman, I. Cooper, R. Dunne, W. Gordon, J. Greening, K. Grose, R. Hyde, R. Kink, P. Moore, R. Oborne, B. Picken, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, R. Shaw, J. Williams

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), W. Irwin (vice-capt.), R. Alexander, G. Allan, G. Austen, R. Carter, W. Linton, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. O'Keeffe, B. Padley, G. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, B. Shepherd, A. Sinclair, C. Smith, D. Whitford, G. Wilson

Collingwood (15.11.101) defeated Fitzroy (9.19.73).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: R. Oborne (4), L. Thompson (3), G. Anderson (2), M. Richardson (2), R. Kink, P. Moore, W. Richardson, J. Williams
Fitzroy: I. Miller (2), G. Austen, W. Irwin, G. Robertson, R. Serafini, B. Shepherd, C. Smith, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Fitzroy remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 16,880

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.11.101 - 9.19.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 3 9 . 6 13 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Fitzroy 1 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 13 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Margin COLL by 16 COLL by 28 COLL by 31 COLL by 28 COLL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Murray Weideman (Collingwood), Kevin Rose (Fitzroy)
Captains: Des Tuddenham (Collingwood), John Murphy (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), Warwick Irwin (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, B. Deller

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 2 2 14 14 0 3 0 3 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 3
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 0 3 26 16 10 10 0 2 3
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 7 0 2 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 4 3 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 3 0 0 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 10 0 5 3
3 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 0 23 21 2 6 0 4 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 0 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 3 0 12 8 4 3 16 4 3
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 3 0 2 3
14 Williams, John ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 11 236 190 46 68 22 36 39

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 12 4 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 2
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 0
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 0
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 0 3 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 2 25 13 12 9 0 2 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 2 0 20 20 0 1 0 7 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 2 0 1 5
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 2 19 17 2 1 0 2 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 7 20 17 3 5 3 1 4
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 3 0 2 3
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 2 3 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 2 1 0
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 1 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 3 28 19 9 5 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 19 272 215 57 39 22 39 36

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