1977 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1977 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (19.26.140) defeated Fitzroy (14.8.92).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.26.140 - 14.8.92

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

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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