1977 VFL Season Round 4: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1977 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round four of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Moorabbin Oval. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ross Smith and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

St Kilda (19.20.134) defeated Fitzroy (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 23 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 13,401

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.20.134 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 6 11 . 8 14 . 13 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
Fitzroy 3 . 5 6 . 7 12 . 10 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FITZ by 5 STKL by 31 STKL by 15 STKL by 36 STKL by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Ross Smith

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
G. Polites

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 0
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 2
13 Bell, Peter ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 0 0 0 3
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 2 0 2 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 6 0 2 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 2 0 4 2
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 1 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 0 0 2 0
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 3 1 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 2 29 19 10 11 0 0 3
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 4
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 2 1
7 Hughes, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 8 7 17 16 1 15 0 0 0
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 0
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 30 12 18 7 21 3 4
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 4 0 1 1
27 Young, George ? ? 3 3 13 10 3 4 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 20 324 220 104 64 24 29 37

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 17 2 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 2
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 8 7 4 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 9 4 1 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 1 0 0 3
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 1 0 2 1
20 MacLeod, Neil ? ? 2 1 17 15 2 3 0 3 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 9 0 0 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 1 2 2 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 5
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 2 0 3 0
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 3 11 11 0 9 0 2 2
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 3
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 2 36 29 7 6 0 8 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 295 221 74 74 30 37 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