1976 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1976 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

South Melbourne (16.11.107) defeated Fitzroy (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,257

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.11.107 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 4 12 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Fitzroy 0 . 4 6 . 10 8 . 13 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin SMLB by 28 SMLB by 6 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ian Stewart

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
D. Levens

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
24 Blair, John ? ? 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 2 22 21 1 4 0 3 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 4 0 4 1
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 3 1
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 5 0 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 2 20 20 0 2 0 5 3
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 4 0 7 7 0 5 0 1 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 3
37 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 6 0 1 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 2 25 20 5 6 0 2 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 0 34 29 5 4 1 4 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 3
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 4
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 7 5 2
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 11 260 214 46 58 14 37 44

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 5 23 3 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 11 2 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 4 9 1 4
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 4 2
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 1 0 2 1
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 1 2 14 6 8 6 0 1 3
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 3
23 Harrington, Dan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 2 0 5 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 7 0 2 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 2 1 3 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 2 0 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 3
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 4 0 3 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 0 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 251 185 66 48 44 43 37

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