1978 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1978 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round nine of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray 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 Don McKenzie.

Fitzroy (13.14.92) were defeated by Footscray (18.9.117).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 27 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 11,903

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 13.14.92 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 8 . 4 8 . 7 11 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Footscray 4 . 2 8 . 5 13 . 7 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Margin FITZ by 26 FITZ by 2 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 18 6 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 3 3 2 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 5 2
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 2 0 3 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 4
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 4 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 2 0 2 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 3 1
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 2 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 18 17 1 6 0 4 6
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 1
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 1 8 3 5 2 0 0 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 5
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 1 4 6
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 3
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 5 1 3 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 2 36 21 15 8 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 14 257 188 69 66 25 44 44

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 2
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 1
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 0 0 2 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 3 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 3 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 3 18 3 6
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 1 23 16 7 7 0 2 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 2 3 9 7 2 0 0 3 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 1 0 2 4
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 6 0 2 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 8 1 7 2 7 4 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 4 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 1 0 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 32 22 10 8 2 2 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 2 8 8 0 6 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 4
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 3 0 4 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 1 1 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 9 305 217 88 57 29 44 44

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