1976 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1976 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (11.7.73) were defeated by North Melbourne (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,614

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.7.73 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 1 . 2 8 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
North Melbourne 2 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 12 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin NMLB by 11 NMLB by 47 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 13 5 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 6 13 0 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 10 8 2 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 2 1
16 George, Max ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
23 Harrington, Dan ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 5 0 0 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 1 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 2 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 1 2 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 4 0 4 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 2 24 20 4 5 2 4 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 5
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 2 3
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 1 3 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 4 2
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 1 32 18 14 6 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 7 299 217 82 74 38 39 25

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 6 1 1 3
21 Byrne, John ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 3 31 21 10 2 0 2 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 8 1 2 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 4
7 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 1 28 22 6 9 1 0 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 2 1 0 3
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 2 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 1 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 2 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 2 15 2 3
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 0 29 27 2 7 0 2 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 Moore, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 5 3 2
37 Munari, Dennis ? ? 1 0 30 16 14 1 0 0 3
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
45 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 4 0 4 2
49 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 14 339 236 103 76 24 25 39

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

Score Timeline

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