1977 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1977 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round fourteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Ross Smith.

Fitzroy (10.12.72) were defeated by St Kilda (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 2 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 17,028

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by St Kilda
Score: 10.12.72 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 12 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
St Kilda 3 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin FITZ by 2 FITZ by 3 STKL by 4 STKL by 24 STKL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 15 3 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 4 0 3 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 9 18 5 5
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 4 4
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 3
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 1 2 7 4 3 1 0 2 1
47 Gilmore, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 12 1 3
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 8 0 4 3
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 4
40 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 1 17 9 8 1 0 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 2 1 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 6 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 2 26 17 9 4 0 3 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 9 0 0 2
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 1 27 19 8 5 0 4 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 5 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 1 37 26 11 7 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 338 236 102 74 47 52 52

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 2
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 7 0 4 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 0 19 10 9 6 0 4 7
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 3 0 3 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 3
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 1 26 16 10 4 0 4 4
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 11 0 0 3
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 1 1 3 2
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 4 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 4 2
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 3 16 9 7 5 0 1 3
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 4 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 15 13 6 4
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 1
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 2 2 22 16 6 4 0 2 4
44 Williams, Craig ? ? 1 2 8 4 4 0 1 3 2
27 Young, George ? ? 6 2 17 12 5 7 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 328 243 85 87 15 52 52

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