1978 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1978 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at Junction Oval. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Gary Colling captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Fitzroy (15.11.101) were defeated by St Kilda (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 1 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,031

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by St Kilda
Score: 15.11.101 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 8 . 3 11 . 5 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
St Kilda 1 . 4 9 . 8 14 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin FITZ by 17 STKL by 11 STKL by 23 STKL by 8 STKL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 19 4 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 4 2 1 3
4 Bux, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 4 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 2 0
34 Chapman, Gary ? ? 0 4 7 5 2 1 0 3 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 2
32 Duke, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 3 1 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 3 4
3 Frazer, John ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 7 3 1 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 5 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 0 2
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 5 0 5 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 5 2 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 6 0 0 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 1 0 2 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 6 2 32 25 7 7 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 11 262 194 68 67 32 45 38

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 3 1 17 16 1 3 0 5 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 2 0 3 2
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 4 1
17 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 2
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 1 2 2
21 Discher, Don ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 5 2 2
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 1 1 19 8 11 1 0 1 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 3 4
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 3 21 18 3 9 0 3 2
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 2 1 4 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 4
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 3 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 1 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 28 24 4 10 3 3 4
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 15 1 4
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 2 1 15 14 1 4 0 0 3
27 Young, George ? ? 4 1 12 6 6 2 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 13 284 215 69 65 27 38 45

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