1978 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1978 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Melbourne (24.23.167) defeated Fitzroy (23.19.157).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,613

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 24.23.167 - 23.19.157

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 7 14 . 15 20 . 20 24 . 23 24 . 23 (167)
Fitzroy 5 . 3 8 . 7 16 . 13 23 . 19 23 . 19 (157)
Margin FITZ by 2 MELB by 44 MELB by 31 MELB by 10 MELB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
P. Cameron

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 3 1 13 9 4 6 10 3 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 3 12 9 3 5 0 0 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 3 0 0 1
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 2 33 23 10 2 0 1 2
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 10 1 1 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 1 23 16 7 6 0 4 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 5 4
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 2 9 6 3 3 0 0 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 3 12 9 3 1 0 1 2
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 3 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 3
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 2 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 5 17 1 3
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 2 3 15 11 4 1 0 1 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 2 2 33 25 8 7 2 2 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 23 276 203 73 66 30 23 36

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 8 17 2 3
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 3 18 15 3 9 14 6 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 9 2 14 13 1 8 3 1 0
4 Bux, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 1 1 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 0
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 1 0 2 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 4
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 5 2 17 15 2 2 0 2 1
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 5 0 4 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 2 30 11 19 4 0 0 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 2 26 16 10 2 0 3 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 0 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 2 0 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 3 1 0
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 2 2 31 22 9 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 19 288 198 90 59 40 36 23

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