1978 VFL Season Round 6: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1978 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round six of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Junction Oval. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Len Thompson captained the visitors with Phil Carman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (14.12.96) were defeated by Collingwood (22.16.148).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 6 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 25,232

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 14.12.96 - 22.16.148

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 7 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Collingwood 6 . 5 11 . 11 18 . 14 22 . 16 22 . 16 (148)
Margin COLL by 33 COLL by 31 COLL by 55 COLL by 52 COLL by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 11 4 0
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 2 2 5
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 3 9 8 1 4 0 0 4
24 Blair, John ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 3 1 4
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 5 2
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 1 1 1 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 4 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 2 25 22 3 3 0 2 5
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 3 3
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 2 2 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 2 24 19 5 6 0 3 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 3 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 0 0 2 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 2 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 1 1 2
46 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 3 2 19 17 2 4 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 244 193 51 60 20 40 37

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 3 1
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 3 27 21 6 4 0 1 1
4 Batt, Murrie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 3 0 18 11 7 1 1 2 4
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 1 2 14 6 8 2 0 0 3
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 6 3 17 15 2 6 0 2 1
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 3 21 12 9 2 0 4 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 4
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 3 8 1 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 1 0
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 1 0 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 3 0
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 3 0 2 3
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 3 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 1 21 12 9 3 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 3 0
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 16 2 6
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 2 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 4 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 16 280 198 82 53 26 37 40

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