1977 VFL Season Round 22: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1977 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twenty-two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Kevin Rose and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Fitzroy (19.27.141) defeated Geelong (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,644

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 19.27.141 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 6 7 . 13 12 . 16 19 . 27 19 . 27 (141)
Geelong 6 . 6 9 . 10 13 . 14 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 4 FITZ by 41 FITZ by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 5 24 18 6 2 1 0 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 7 1 12 9 3 5 6 1 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 7 0 2 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 0 0 3 2
32 Duke, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 5 23 2 10
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 2 22 15 7 3 0 3 4
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 5 1 0 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 2 4
7 Irwin, Warwick (vc) ? ? 2 3 26 16 10 3 0 4 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 3 32 17 15 10 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 2 31 24 7 3 1 6 0
4 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 8 0 2 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 3 0 1 0
22 Ward, Glenn ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 4 29 22 7 12 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 27 348 241 107 85 33 35 33

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 2 6 2 4
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 4 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 2 0
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 0 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 1 1 2 3
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 3 8 0 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 3 0 0 2
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 2 0 2 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 3 25 3 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 3 4 13 10 3 3 0 3 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 3 21 19 2 4 0 1 3
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 16 244 190 54 41 40 33 35

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