1979 VFL Season Elimination Final: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1979 between Fitzroy and Essendon in the elimination final of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Fitzroy (17.22.124) defeated Essendon (5.13.43).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 September 1979
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 49,470

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 17.22.124 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 9 . 4 11 . 9 14 . 17 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 4 3 . 8 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin FITZ by 49 FITZ by 59 FITZ by 75 FITZ by 81 FITZ by 81
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 18 1 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 2 24 11 13 1 0 1 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 4 0 1 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 3 11 9 2 1 0 0 5
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 7 0 0 4
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 1 0 2 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 4 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 4 30 25 5 3 2 4 6
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 28 15 13 9 0 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 5
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 1 1 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 0 17 11 6 2 8 5 6
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 3 10 7 3 0 0 0 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 0 15 12 3 2 1 0 5
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 2 1 42 17 25 7 0 4 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 22 350 219 131 59 30 31 60

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 3 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 3 0 5 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 8 7 3 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 6 0 0 1
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 2 0 5 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 2 1 6 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 6 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 1 0 6 2
19 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 1 4 0
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 8 3 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 2 25 20 5 4 0 5 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 1
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 5 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 5 13 282 208 74 60 18 60 31

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