1979 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1979 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Fitzroy (12.14.86) were defeated by South Melbourne (21.13.139).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,436

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by South Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 21.13.139

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 13 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
South Melbourne 5 . 2 9 . 7 15 . 9 21 . 13 21 . 13 (139)
Margin SMLB by 3 level SMLB by 20 SMLB by 53 SMLB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Norris

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 6 26 3 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 1 9 7 2 4 3 0 0
37 Bramley, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 2 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 2 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 1 1 1
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 0 0 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 4 0 2 4
26 MacLeod, Keith ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 5
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 8 3 1 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 6 1 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 3 7 0 1
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 3 20 12 8 3 0 1 5
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 4 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 5 0 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 3 2 23 17 6 5 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 300 216 84 68 41 35 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Carter, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 5 0 2 5
9 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 0 1 1 1
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 4 1 24 18 6 11 0 3 0
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 3 4
27 James, Max ? ? 4 1 9 7 2 4 0 1 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 2 0
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 1 1
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 2 0
1 Murphy, John ? ? 3 2 25 22 3 9 0 3 9
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 0 3 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 1 3 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 2 2 24 18 6 14 21 2 3
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 4 0 7 5 2 3 11 0 1
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 0
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 5 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 13 307 242 65 80 34 39 39

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