1976 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1976 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Melbourne (21.20.146) defeated Fitzroy (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,192

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.20.146 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 11 . 13 15 . 15 21 . 20 21 . 20 (146)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 7 . 7 11 . 14 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 30 MELB by 25 MELB by 40 MELB by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 1 0 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 6 4 16 15 1 10 0 0 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 6 3 18 16 2 8 0 3 6
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 1
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 1 3 19 17 2 5 0 7 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 4 0 3 3
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 4 0 3 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 10 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 6 3
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 2 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 4
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 5 13 1 1
38 O'Keefe, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 5 6
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 2 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 8 0 2 4
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 2 37 31 6 8 0 1 3
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 6 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 20 309 232 77 88 19 41 47

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 21 6 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 3 3 24 18 6 1 0 5 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 1 6 1 1
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 4 0 6 3
16 George, Max ? ? 2 6 13 13 0 6 0 0 4
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 3 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 1 0 2 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 2 4
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 2 10 10 0 2 1 3 5
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 5 0 23 18 5 6 0 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 2 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 0
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 1 5 2 3 1 0 0 0
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 1 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 1 1 3 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 1 31 18 13 3 0 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 16 277 191 86 40 31 47 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