1977 VFL Season Round 10: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1977 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round ten of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Fitzroy (14.16.100) were defeated by Essendon (23.16.154).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,148

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 14.16.100 - 23.16.154

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 6 . 9 11 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Essendon 5 . 2 12 . 7 20 . 10 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Margin ESSE by 18 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 17 1 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 33 24 9 2 1 3 4
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 12 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 7 3 15 11 4 8 0 2 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 5 2
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 2 0
41 Christou, John ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 0 0 2 0
9 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 8 2 3
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 7 0 4 2
40 Johnston, Peter ? ? 4 2 13 9 4 4 2 3 3
20 MacLeod, Neil ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 0 0 1 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 3 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 2 33 22 11 1 1 6 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 9 0 1 0
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 1 1 0
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 4 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 0 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 1 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 16 307 211 96 64 43 45 33

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 6 0 5 7
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 5 2 20 14 6 8 1 2 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 3 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 32 22 10 10 0 0 7
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 5 0 1 2
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 18 15 3 15 15 2 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 1 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 4 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 4 24 16 8 7 0 2 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 2 1 7
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 1 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 3 2 17 14 3 9 7 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 4 2 18 16 2 9 0 4 3
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 6 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 16 341 246 95 105 25 33 45

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