1977 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1977 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round seven of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Max Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (11.14.80) were defeated by Collingwood (15.23.113).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 14 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,733

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.14.80 - 15.23.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 5 6 . 8 7 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Collingwood 4 . 4 10 . 12 11 . 15 15 . 23 15 . 23 (113)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 28 COLL by 27 COLL by 33 COLL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Collingwood

Captain: Max Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 9 17 10 6
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 2 0 3 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 8 3 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 7 4 2 0
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 0 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 8 1 4
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 5 0 4 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 13 9 4 5 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 4 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 0 30 20 10 4 0 5 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 4 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 1 5
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 3 17 9 8 8 1 2 2
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 4 0 2 2
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 2 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 0 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 3 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 315 223 92 76 38 53 40

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 2 0 0 1
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 3
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 0 17 7 10 3 1 2 8
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 4 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 5 15 13 2 4 2 5 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 2 23 13 10 4 1 1 5
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 8 0 2 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 7 0 2 4
45 Magro, Stan ? ? 1 3 16 13 3 1 0 3 6
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 4 14 9 5 6 1 1 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 3 0
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 3 2 19 15 4 1 1 1 4
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 3 0 21 17 4 3 2 4 4
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 2 2 22 18 4 12 16 3 7
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 2 0 1 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 23 289 206 83 66 24 40 53

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