1976 VFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1976 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Essendon (13.22.100) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Monday 14 June 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 25,558

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.22.100 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 6 11 . 10 12 . 16 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Fitzroy 4 . 5 7 . 6 10 . 12 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin FITZ by 17 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 16 FITZ by 10 FITZ by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 ? ?
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 2 3 13 12 1 2 0 ? ?
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 4 12 10 2 8 0 ? ?
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 8 0 ? ?
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 5 0 ? ?
9 Demetriou, Jim ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 ? ?
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 ? ?
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 3 24 24 0 7 0 ? ?
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 ? ?
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 ? ?
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 6 0 ? ?
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 0 14 13 1 9 6 ? ?
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 ? ?
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 3 0 13 8 5 6 0 ? ?
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 ? ?
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 2 2 18 17 1 5 0 ? ?
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 ? ?
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 2 0 ? ?
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 4 0 ? ?
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 ? ?
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 22 259 224 35 84 6 0+ 0+

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 20 ? ?
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 ? ?
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 6 0 ? ?
16 George, Max ? ? 5 6 14 11 3 8 0 ? ?
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 3 0 ? ?
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 4 0 ? ?
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 ? ?
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 ? ?
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 ? ?
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 5 0 ? ?
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 7 0 ? ?
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 ? ?
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 ? ?
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 ? ?
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 1 0 ? ?
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 1 0 ? ?
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 ? ?
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 ? ?
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 ? ?
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 3 28 20 8 4 0 ? ?
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 14 276 218 58 70 20 0+ 0+

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