1978 VFL Season Round 17: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1978 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Collingwood (16.11.107) defeated Fitzroy (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 29 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 32,246

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.11.107 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 2 6 . 6 12 . 10 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin FITZ by 2 COLL by 6 COLL by 30 COLL by 30 COLL by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 2
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 4
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 2 17 9 8 5 0 1 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 28 16 12 5 0 0 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 2 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 7 2 16 12 4 8 3 2 4
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 34 28 6 7 0 6 1
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 2
49 Philippe, Terry ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 9 0 3 4
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 7 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 2 21 16 5 3 0 2 4
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 2 26 3 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 11 302 212 90 67 30 34 49

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 24 9 15 8 11 6 4
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 0 26 17 9 6 0 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 9 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 3
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 1 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 6 0 2 0
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 4 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 25 13 12 12 0 4 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 1 2 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 5 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 6 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 2 0
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 3 0 1 3
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 0 3 45 31 14 11 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 11 326 217 109 91 13 49 34

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