1977 VFL Season Round 21: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1977 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round twenty-one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (10.13.73) were defeated by Fitzroy (20.17.137).

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

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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