1978 VFL Season Round 20: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1978 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round twenty of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Footscray (9.17.71) were defeated by Fitzroy (21.13.139).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 19 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,525

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.17.71 - 21.13.139

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 2 2 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Fitzroy 7 . 2 12 . 7 20 . 10 21 . 13 21 . 13 (139)
Margin FITZ by 36 FITZ by 62 FITZ by 84 FITZ by 68 FITZ by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
J. Moss

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 1
12 Brown, George ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 10 13 0 2
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 1 0 3 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 0 0 1 3
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 10 2 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 5 0 3 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 3 26 20 6 3 0 2 4
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 3 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 1 3 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 2 28 21 7 5 1 4 5
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 3 10 10 0 9 0 1 3
43 Tivendale, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 17 259 198 61 57 25 34 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 3 1 16 12 4 7 13 2 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 4 3 18 12 6 3 0 1 2
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 6 8 1 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 5 0 4 3
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 2 0 0 4
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 9 1 1 3
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 1 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 2 0 1 0
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 2
48 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 5 0 3 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 2 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 6 1 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 5 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 4 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 4 0 15 11 4 5 1 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 5 1 24 18 6 5 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 13 297 214 83 86 24 39 35

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