1976 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1976 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round ten of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Fitzroy (12.15.87) were defeated by Footscray (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 June 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,239

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 12.15.87 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 6 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Footscray 4 . 7 6 . 9 11 . 13 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 7 13 3 3
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 2
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 5
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 3 17 13 4 4 7 3 1
37 Goonan, Leon ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 3
23 Harrington, Dan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 2 0 18 12 6 0 0 5 3
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 2 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 5 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 1 1 2 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 3 22 22 0 3 0 3 5
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 0
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 3 0 6 3
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 0
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 1 0 0 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 6 0 2 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 6 0 2 3
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 29 24 5 4 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 270 209 61 53 21 48 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 5 0 0 3
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 2 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 11 6 3 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 1 27 23 4 6 0 2 0
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 6 0 6 3
13 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 9 0 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 3 20 17 3 3 0 3 5
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 1 5
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 3 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 1 2 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 3 1 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 4 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 2 6
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 3 13 13 0 6 0 2 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 7 3 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 1 0 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 13 299 227 72 67 22 41 48

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