1976 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1976 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Fitzroy (17.17.119) defeated Geelong (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 3 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,788

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 17.17.119 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 0 5 . 9 7 . 11 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Geelong 5 . 7 7 . 11 11 . 15 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin GEEL by 31 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 28 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 7 17 6 0
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 8 6 2 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 5 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 3 2 0 3
16 George, Max ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 5 0 1 0
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 4 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 3 2
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 3 0 22 20 2 2 0 3 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 5 3 26 21 5 4 2 5 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 4 4
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 0 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 2 0 4 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 2 0 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 4 26 17 9 4 0 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 17 17 296 220 76 72 29 41 24

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 3 11 6 5 4 0 1 3
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 7 0 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 4 1 0 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 4 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 1 0 6
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 2
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 5 0 0 3
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 1 32 27 5 7 0 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 2 0 2 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 2 0 3 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 18 4 14 9 11 1 2
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 3 0 1 5
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 3 20 18 2 4 0 0 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 0 2 2 3
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 4 2 17 15 2 1 0 4 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 4 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 18 299 208 91 59 24 24 41

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