1977 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1977 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Fitzroy (15.13.103) defeated Footscray (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 9 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,682

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 15.13.103 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 2 8 . 4 14 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 10 8 . 13 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin FITZ by 18 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 34 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 10 5 3
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 3 0 1 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 4 1 7 5 2 5 9 0 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 8 2 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 6
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 1 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 4 5
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 23 17 6 7 0 4 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 3
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 2 31 25 6 1 0 5 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 3 0
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 4 1 11 8 3 5 0 0 2
1 Shepherd, Bob ? ? 0 3 22 16 6 5 0 6 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 4 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 5 2 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 13 283 205 78 64 29 47 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 3 0 1 4
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 2 0 3 4
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 9 10 5 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 5 0 2 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 10 1 4
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 2 24 18 6 7 0 3 6
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 1 0 1 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 4 13 11 2 4 0 1 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 3 19 16 3 6 1 2 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 1 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 1 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 4 1 8 6 2 3 1 1 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 5 0 1 6
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 3 18 16 2 2 0 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 19 290 202 88 68 23 38 47

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