1977 VFL Season Round 2: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1977 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Robert Walls captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Thorogood and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Carlton (16.17.113) defeated Fitzroy (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 25,302

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.17.113 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 6 7 . 8 12 . 14 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 5 10 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FITZ by 9 CARL by 15 CARL by 19 CARL by 32 CARL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: Ian Thorogood

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Warwick Irwin
Coach: Kevin Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Goal Umpires

K. Barker
E. Brewer

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 5 0
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 3 1 2 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 0 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 2 9 6 3 1 7 1 2
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 0 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 12 32 3 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 3 1 26 24 2 2 0 5 4
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 1 4 12 10 2 6 0 1 3
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 4 0 1 4
32 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 3
27 McKenna, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 3 2 0 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 3
4 Southcombe, Tony ? ? 3 1 9 5 4 1 6 0 3
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 2 29 22 7 7 0 1 1
22 Tresize, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Walls, Robert (c) ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 3 1 2 6
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 17 277 214 63 67 49 30 44

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 23 2 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 5 1 4 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 7 1 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 5 4 14 12 2 9 0 2 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 4 0
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 1
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 0
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 1 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 3 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 0 4 2
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 7 2 3 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 2
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 7 1 3 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 3 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 1 3 2
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 3 33 21 12 3 1 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 309 227 82 64 36 44 29

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