1977 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1977 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round three of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Footscray (20.16.136) defeated Fitzroy (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 17,415

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.16.136 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 1 8 . 5 13 . 7 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 7 . 9 13 . 12 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 2 FITZ by 5 FOOT by 28 FOOT by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 3 1 1 1
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 37 30 7 8 0 5 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 8 17 5 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 5 21 14 7 3 1 0 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 1 9 4 5 5 8 1 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 5 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 4 0 25 18 7 4 0 2 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 4 2 18 16 2 4 0 2 5
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 1 18 7 11 4 0 5 3
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 4 0 2 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 4 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 5 0 2 5
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 2 15 12 3 6 0 3 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 16 303 211 92 75 27 44 37

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 15 1 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 3 1 29 17 12 4 1 0 4
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 10 1 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 4 14 13 1 6 3 2 3
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 2
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 1 0 3 4
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 28 18 10 3 0 3 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 2 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 3 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 1 36 28 8 9 0 5 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 1 2
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 9 0 3 2
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 2 11 6 5 2 1 0 1
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 3 0 2 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 2 5
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 4 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 12 335 229 106 60 32 37 44

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