1977 VFL Round 8: Melbourne v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1977 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 8 of the 1977 VFL season.
Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park.
Greg Wells captained the hosts.
John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.
Melbourne
G. Wells (capt.), G. Baker, R. Brewer, H. Coles, D. Cumming, A. Davis, A. Dullard, R. Flower, T. Flower, L. Fowler, C. Graham, S. Grambeau, P. Hamilton, G. Hardeman, G. Hutchison, C. McKellar, P. O'Keefe, G. Osborne, S. Smith, B. Tippett
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), W. Irwin (vice-capt.), R. Alexander, G. Allan, G. Austen, B. Beecroft, P. Brown, J. Christou, T. Godfrey, P. Johnston, N. MacLeod, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. O'Keeffe, G. Parke, A. Sinclair, A. Thompson, D. Whitford, G. Wilson
Melbourne (19.26.140) defeated Fitzroy (14.8.92).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: C. Graham (5), R. Brewer (2), H. Coles (2), A. Dullard (2), T. Flower (2), G. Baker, R. Flower, L. Fowler, G. Hardeman, S. Smith, G. Wells
Fitzroy: B. Beecroft (4), G. Parke (4), P. Johnston (2), G. Wilson (2), N. MacLeod, A. Thompson
As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Fitzroy were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1977 VFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 21 May 1977
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
VFL Park
Attendance:
11,259
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 1 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 12 | 11 | . | 19 | 19 | . | 26 | 19 | . | 26 | (140) |
| Fitzroy | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 5 | 14 | . | 8 | 14 | . | 8 | (92) |
| Margin | FITZ by 5 | MELB by 26 | MELB by 26 | MELB by 48 | MELB by 48 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bob Skilton
(Melbourne),
Kevin Rose
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Greg Wells
(Melbourne),
John Murphy
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Melbourne),
Warwick Irwin
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
G. Polites,
J. Sutcliffe
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baker, Garry | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Brewer, Ross | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Coles, Henry | ? | ? | 2 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Cumming, Daryl | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Dullard, Anthony | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Flower, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Flower, Tom | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Fowler, Laurie | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Graham, Colin | ? | ? | 5 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Grambeau, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Hamilton, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Hardeman, Gary | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 43 | Hutchison, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | McKellar, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 38 | O'Keefe, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Osborne, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | Smith, Steven | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Tippett, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Wells, Greg (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 19 | 26 | 337 | 250 | 87 | 78 | 19 | 36 | 37 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Alexander, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Allan, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Austen, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Beecroft, Bob | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Brown, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | Christou, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Godfrey, Tim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | Johnston, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MacLeod, Neil | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | McMahon, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Miller, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Murphy, John (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | O'Keeffe, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Parke, Greg | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | Sinclair, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Thompson, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Whitford, Don | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 8 | 282 | 203 | 79 | 53 | 34 | 37 | 36 | |||