1977 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1977 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Fitzroy (7.13.55) were defeated by South Melbourne (16.21.117).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,188

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.13.55 - 16.21.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 4 1 . 8 4 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
South Melbourne 5 . 5 9 . 11 13 . 15 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Margin SMLB by 31 SMLB by 51 SMLB by 59 SMLB by 62 SMLB by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Levens
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 10 2 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 2 24 19 5 2 0 3 1
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 4 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 6 0 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 2 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 4 1
32 Duke, Wayne ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 3 9 2 5
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 23 20 3 0 0 5 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 2 1 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 3
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 2 0 3 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 3 0 3 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 3
37 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 0 0 1 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 11 0 3 3
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 13 240 183 57 44 31 38 35

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Blair, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 2 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 4 0 2 2
2 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 5 0 2 4
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 3 2 21 16 5 4 1 5 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 1 16 15 1 1 0 3 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 2 0 0 5
27 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 1 0 0 0
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 3 23 17 6 5 0 2 3
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 1 1
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 1 2 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 2 16 4 3
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 10 22 3 3
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 Young, David ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 2 0 2 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 3 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 21 302 224 78 53 40 35 38

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