1977 VFL Season Round 20: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1977 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round twenty of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. In the absence of Keith Greig, vice-captain David Dench captained the visitors with Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (9.11.65) were defeated by North Melbourne (10.19.79).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 12,350

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.11.65 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 7 . 6 8 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
North Melbourne 5 . 7 6 . 12 9 . 17 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin NMLB by 17 level NMLB by 15 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench (acting)
Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 5 5 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 2 25 19 6 6 0 4 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 11 6 5 2 1 1 7
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 4 5
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 1 0 2 4
32 Duke, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 14 4 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 1 0 2 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 6 2 2 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 2 1 26 22 4 4 0 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 21 6 15 2 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 2 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 4 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 7 0 3 0
37 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 1 0 0
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 7 0 2 3
22 Ward, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 11 312 223 89 60 23 43 39

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 4 2
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 3 9 9 0 7 0 2 5
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 4 2 2 2
21 Byrne, John ? ? 0 1 31 19 12 3 0 3 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 0 1 3 3
3 Cassin, John ? ? 3 3 25 15 10 5 0 3 5
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 4
14 Davis, Craig ? ? 3 2 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
23 Dench, David (ac) ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 4 1
19 Frazer, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 0 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 5 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 1 0 3
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 11 2 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 1
24 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 0
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 3 14 7 7 4 26 1 6
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 1 3 23 19 4 2 0 3 3
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 5 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 19 314 223 91 50 41 39 43

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