1977 VFL Season Round 6: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1977 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round six of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

South Melbourne (21.19.145) defeated Fitzroy (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 11,802

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.19.145 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 6 . 4 12 . 11 15 . 16 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 8 . 7 15 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin SMLB by 13 SMLB by 28 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 2
2 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 3
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 4 3 23 14 9 8 0 4 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
15 Evans, Wayne ? ? 0 2 14 8 6 1 0 0 2
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 17 0 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 0 25 23 2 2 0 2 5
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 2 24 21 3 1 0 2 2
27 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 1 0 1 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 2 0 15 15 0 4 0 1 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 10 0 1 3
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 2 28 24 4 5 1 2 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 3 19 12 7 8 4 2 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 4 0 0 5
14 Young, David ? ? 6 2 24 17 7 3 0 5 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 19 315 233 82 75 22 26 46

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 5 17 8 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 2 29 20 9 4 0 1 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 3 6 1 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 5 12 11 1 4 0 4 4
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 3
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 5 4 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 26 22 4 5 0 3 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 5 0 4 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 3 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 10 0 2 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 3 29 22 7 7 0 2 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 0
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 7 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 4 0 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 3 0 27 17 10 3 0 3 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 0 30 23 7 5 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 12 320 220 100 76 32 46 26

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