1977 VFL Season Round 19: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1977 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Fitzroy (23.8.146) defeated Melbourne (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,575

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 23.8.146 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 7 . 2 10 . 4 20 . 5 23 . 8 23 . 8 (146)
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 7 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin FITZ by 31 FITZ by 37 FITZ by 88 FITZ by 62 FITZ by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 7 17 2 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 4 1 22 17 5 4 1 2 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 2 14 7 7 5 0 2 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 2 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 3 6
32 Duke, Wayne ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 12 1 0
42 Dwyer, Lex ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 4 2 24 20 4 3 0 3 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 6 2 1 6
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 5 5
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 1 0 4 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 4 0 4 8
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 4 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 4 1 37 32 5 6 0 5 7
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 0 0
37 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 1 0 4 6
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 5 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 8 327 242 85 69 32 52 52

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Alves, Mark ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 4
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 14 14 4 5
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 8 0 1 1
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 2 2 13 13 0 3 0 4 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 5 8
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 7 0 2 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 3 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 30 20 10 4 0 5 2
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1
48 Marchant, Brett ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 2
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 4 7 2 1
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 1 0 1 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 1 0 2
26 Sparks, John ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 5
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 4 3 18 15 3 3 0 6 3
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 6 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 12 278 201 77 74 22 51 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