1976 VFL Season Round 22: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1976 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round twenty-two of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Fitzroy (15.20.110) defeated Essendon (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,721

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 15.20.110 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 8 9 . 12 12 . 18 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Essendon 4 . 1 6 . 7 6 . 10 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin FITZ by 13 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 44 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Kevin Rose

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 16 3 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 0 13 8 5 6 1 0 5
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 4 1
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 3 2 13 8 5 3 0 2 3
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 21 9 12 1 0 4 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 8 0 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 5 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 6 1 2 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 3 25 22 3 8 0 6 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 5 0 0 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 1
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 3 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 4 12 9 3 1 0 0 3
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 3 20 13 7 1 0 1 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 5 0 0 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 7 0 3 4
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 1 36 25 11 8 0 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 20 331 230 101 76 20 45 45

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 2 4
42 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 3 25 19 6 4 0 4 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 3 0 5 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 3
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 8 4 2 2
56 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 3
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 9 9 2 4
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 6 0 2 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 4 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 2 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 6 0 1 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 7 1 3 1
32 Staehr, Howard ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 4 2
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 2 30 27 3 4 0 4 3
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 5 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 18 287 228 59 76 14 47 45

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