1978 VFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1978 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round three of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Essendon (15.15.105) defeated Fitzroy (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,549

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.15.105 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 7 . 10 10 . 13 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 3 FITZ by 2 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Barry Davis

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 3 4
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 3 2
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 4 0 3 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 2 17 15 2 10 0 1 5
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 1 0 6 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 4 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 3 3
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 9 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 8 10 0 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 4 0 4 6
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 4 3
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 2 3 13 10 3 0 0 3 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 6 0 2 5
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 6 0 4
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 15 284 227 57 69 25 48 48

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 6 17 2 0
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 5 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 3 9 8 1 4 0 1 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 5 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 5 0 1 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 1 3 1
3 Frazer, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 1
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 6 5
20 MacLeod, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 8 2 1 5
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 0 12 10 2 1 9 2 6
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 2 4 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 4 0 3 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 5
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 1 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 4 35 22 13 6 0 5 5
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 14 17 252 199 53 64 32 48 48

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