1977 VFL Round 21: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1977 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round 21 of the 1977 VFL season. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.

Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), G. Bell, C. Boyd, R. Close, M. Crow, P. Early, G. Foulds, S. Heard, P. Hickmott, S. Madden, I. Marsh, R. Muir, R. Newton, W. Primmer, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, B. Walsh, T. Watson

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), W. Irwin (vice-capt.), R. Alexander, G. Allan, B. Beecroft, B. Brown, R. Carter, M. Conlan, W. Duke, G. Fowler, C. Hansen, R. Hodges, N. MacLeod, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, G. Parke, A. Sinclair, A. Thompson, G. Wilson

Essendon (10.13.73) were defeated by Fitzroy (20.17.137).

Goalkickers
Essendon: W. Primmer (2), S. Taubert (2), B. Walsh (2), T. Watson (2), M. Crow, G. Foulds
Fitzroy: G. Fowler (5), B. Beecroft (4), C. Hansen (3), G. Allan (2), J. Murphy (2), D. McMahon, G. Parke, A. Thompson, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 9th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 20 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,180

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.13.73 - 20.17.137

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	4	.	4	7	.	6	10	.	13	10	.	13	10	.	13	(73)
Fitzroy	7	.	5	10	.	12	12	.	13	20	.	17	20	.	17	(137)
Margin	FITZ by 19			FITZ by 24			FITZ by 12			FITZ by 64			FITZ by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Stephen (Essendon), Kevin Rose (Fitzroy)
Captains: Ken Fletcher (Essendon), John Murphy (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), Warwick Irwin (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Henry, H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
28	Bell, Greg	?	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	2	1
17	Boyd, Colin	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	4	0	2	3
19	Close, Robin	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Crow, Max	?	?	1	2	14	12	2	5	6	2	4
25	Early, Phillip	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	6	0	4	4
21	Fletcher, Ken (c)	?	?	0	2	12	10	2	2	0	2	3
38	Foulds, Garry	?	?	1	0	18	15	3	6	0	2	4
9	Heard, Shane	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	1	2
23	Hickmott, Peter	?	?	0	0	19	11	8	5	0	2	6
27	Madden, Simon	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	6	20	2	2
37	Marsh, Ian	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2
42	Muir, Russell	?	?	0	0	17	9	8	5	0	2	1
2	Newton, Rob	?	?	0	0	19	17	2	3	0	4	1
15	Primmer, Wayne	?	?	2	2	10	9	1	1	0	2	1
24	Robins, Stephen	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	1	0	2	1
36	Scanlon, Denis	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	5	1	2	3
16	Taubert, Steven	?	?	2	2	10	9	1	5	2	3	3
18	Vander Haar, Paul	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	3	3	6	3
12	Walsh, Brian	?	?	2	2	27	25	2	3	0	2	1
32	Watson, Tim	?	?	2	0	17	12	5	3	0	4	1
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				10	13	268	209	59	66	32	46	46

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
6	Alexander, Ron	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	2	13	5	3
27	Allan, Graeme	?	?	2	2	31	13	18	5	2	1	0
24	Beecroft, Bob	?	?	4	0	8	7	1	5	0	0	3
2	Brown, Brian	?	?	0	0	14	11	3	4	0	1	1
28	Carter, Rod	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	3	0	2	2
12	Conlan, Mick	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	0	0	3	4
32	Duke, Wayne	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	0	9	1	1
38	Fowler, Grant	?	?	5	0	25	19	6	0	0	4	3
16	Hansen, Chris	?	?	3	2	17	9	8	3	0	0	3
17	Hodges, Russ	?	?	0	1	18	11	7	4	0	2	3
7	Irwin, Warwick (vc)	?	?	0	2	18	8	10	4	0	0	3
20	MacLeod, Neil	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
19	McMahon, David	?	?	1	4	21	11	10	6	0	4	3
36	Merrigan, Harvey	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	5	0	3	6
3	Miller, Ian	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	4	0	2	1
5	Murphy, John (c)	?	?	2	4	34	25	9	3	2	5	4
4	Parke, Greg	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	2	0	1	3
31	Sinclair, Allan	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	4	0	4	1
21	Thompson, Alan	?	?	1	1	16	10	6	0	0	5	1
29	Wilson, Garry	?	?	1	1	33	23	10	0	0	3	1
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				20	17	331	218	113	54	26	46	46

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

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