1978 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1978 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round four of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Fitzroy (21.17.143) defeated South Melbourne (18.16.124).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,664

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 21.17.143 - 18.16.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 5 6 . 9 11 . 10 21 . 17 21 . 17 (143)
South Melbourne 6 . 3 9 . 8 16 . 12 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Margin SMLB by 22 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 32 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 10 3 2
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 2 3 1 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 10 1 15 13 2 9 0 2 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 5 2
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 0 0 3 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 4 0
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 3 0 1 2
26 Godfrey, Tim ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 2 3
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 23 20 3 1 0 3 1
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 3 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 2 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 5 0 3 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 0 3 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 1 3 4
46 Taylor, Neville ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 7 2 23 17 6 3 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 17 255 197 58 49 14 50 32

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Blair, John ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 4
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 3 1 26 17 9 2 0 4 3
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 0 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 4 1 17 14 3 0 0 2 4
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 4
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 3 6 5 1 2 0 3 3
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 0 0 1 1
27 James, Max ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 1 3 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 1 0 0 5
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 4
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 1 0 3 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 1 3 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 18 9 9 3 5 4 1
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 5
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 8 16 0 1
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 1 5 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 0 4
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 16 256 185 71 52 23 32 50

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