1979 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1979 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Ray Shaw captained the hosts with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Collingwood (9.15.69) were defeated by Fitzroy (21.23.149).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 7 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 29,596

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.15.69 - 21.23.149

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 5 2 . 7 5 . 12 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 16 21 . 23 21 . 23 (149)
Margin FITZ by 5 FITZ by 43 FITZ by 52 FITZ by 80 FITZ by 80
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 1 0 1 1
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 2 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 1
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 1
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 3 0 0 0
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 1 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 8 19 4 1
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 8 0 4 0
15 Roach, Stephen ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 1 4
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 2 0 2 3
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 6 4 1 3
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 0 4 27 22 5 3 0 3 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 1 0 3 4
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 15 249 182 67 45 23 29 34

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 2 24 14 10 14 22 2 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 3 3 42 33 9 9 0 3 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 3 4 1 2
37 Bramley, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 0 0 0 0
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 2 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 1 0 2 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 4 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 4 0 1 3
26 MacLeod, Keith ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 6 4 22 20 2 8 0 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 12 0 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 3 13 11 2 5 5 0 3
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 3 3 20 17 3 5 0 2 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 3 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 1 0 4 0
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 8 2 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 23 326 243 83 89 33 34 29

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