1978 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1978 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Fitzroy (15.11.101) defeated Essendon (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,743

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 15.11.101 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 13 . 6 13 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Essendon 2 . 5 5 . 7 9 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 47 FITZ by 17 FITZ by 18 FITZ by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
B. Deller

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 6 26 1 3
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 1 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 5 4 1 3 0 0 4
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 3
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 3
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 9 0 5 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 0 5 5
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 1 0 2 4
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 3 0 11 8 3 6 0 0 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 1 3 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 7 0 6 7
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 5
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 2 3 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 5 0 4 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 4 19 18 1 7 0 3 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 1 33 20 13 5 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 11 286 200 86 74 29 45 50

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 5 0
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 6
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 2 0 25 20 5 3 0 5 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 3 23 18 5 16 0 2 5
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 3 16 14 2 4 0 3 3
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 4 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 5 1
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 7 18 5 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 2 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 0 7
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 1 0 3 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 0 0 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 6 0 3 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 3 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 17 288 209 79 60 22 50 45

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