1977 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1977 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Geelong (20.13.133) defeated Fitzroy (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,664

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.13.133 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 5 9 . 6 13 . 10 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Fitzroy 1 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin GEEL by 36 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 8 0 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 5 1 23 21 2 7 1 3 3
7 Brimacombe, John ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 3 0 29 25 4 6 0 6 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 4 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 5 0 0 7
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 2 0 0 1
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 7 3 15 13 2 9 0 1 5
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 2 0 22 10 12 6 2 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 3 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 3 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 2 0 1 5
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 3 5 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 7 11 5 2
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 2 4 20 14 6 3 0 0 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 3 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 13 331 248 83 82 29 41 48

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 10 5 4
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 1 0 0 2
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 15 3 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 3 12 6 6 0 1 3 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 3
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 4 2
41 Christou, John ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 2 3 14 12 2 4 0 0 2
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 1 35 21 14 3 0 2 3
40 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 2 10 4 6 3 1 0 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 3 2
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 4 1 36 29 7 4 0 5 5
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 2 0
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 2 2 27 19 8 4 0 2 2
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 11 2 2 2
13 Vann, Kalev ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 4 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 1 34 26 8 3 1 7 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 16 339 219 120 62 30 48 41

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