1978 VFL Season Round 13: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1978 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

Fitzroy (19.27.141) defeated Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,933

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 19.27.141 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 4 7 . 9 16 . 17 19 . 27 19 . 27 (141)
Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 10 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin FITZ by 19 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 61 FITZ by 80 FITZ by 80
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. James

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 8 19 1 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 4 11 9 2 4 3 1 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 4 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 3 0 0 1
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 5 5 22 18 4 9 0 0 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 1 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 5 4 29 24 5 4 0 6 1
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 4 4
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 7 1 1 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 27 19 8 11 1 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 4 0 1 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 11 2 2 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 2 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 3 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 5 0
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 2 14 14 0 6 1 2 4
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 0 2 31 23 8 7 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 27 306 233 73 103 27 40 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 5 9 5 5
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 4 0 0
44 Code, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 3 0 4 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 5
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 28 16 12 9 0 3 0
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 4 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 0
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 6 0 2 4
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 2 0 1 3
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 6 15 11 4 2 0 2 5
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 1 2 4
47 Thompson, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 3 0
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 4 0 0 5
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 2
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 13 239 163 76 57 14 43 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