1976 VFL Season Round 21: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1976 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round twenty-one of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Footscray (4.11.35) defeated Fitzroy (3.16.34).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 15,638

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 4.11.35 - 3.16.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 2 . 3 2 . 3 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 2 . 8 3 . 13 3 . 16 3 . 16 (34)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 16 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
M. Henry

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 8 0 4 1
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 9 10 1 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 29 21 8 4 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 4 1 1 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 1 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 3 0 5 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 2 4
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 5 2
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 7 0 2 4
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 1 0 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 0
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 6 0 3 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 7 0 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 1 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 5 2 4 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 4 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 4 11 327 240 87 90 14 42 40

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 17 2 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 2 0 4
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 2
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 0 3 9 6 3 2 0 0 2
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 5
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 2 0 2 1
16 George, Max ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 3
40 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 3 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 4 0 6 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 2
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 10 0 4 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 6 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 1 0 3 3
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 8 0 2 3
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 7 0 2 3
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 4 0 2 3
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 1 3 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 27 14 13 7 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 3 16 309 220 89 82 20 41 42

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