1979 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1979 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round five of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Essendon (10.16.76) were defeated by Fitzroy (25.22.172).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,686

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.16.76 - 25.22.172

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 8 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Fitzroy 7 . 9 11 . 14 20 . 17 25 . 22 25 . 22 (172)
Margin FITZ by 44 FITZ by 52 FITZ by 99 FITZ by 96 FITZ by 96
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 2 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 7 2 4 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 2 1 16 14 2 0 0 5 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 4 3 15 13 2 7 0 1 1
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 1 0 2 4
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 4 0 5 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 2 0 2 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 10 0 0
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 12 2 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 2 0 3 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 1 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 5 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 6 15 9 6 6 0 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 3
45 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 16 265 197 68 55 24 45 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 20 3 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 32 15 17 3 0 2 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 7 2 11 9 2 5 2 3 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 9 2 2
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 1 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 6 0 2 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 3 19 12 7 2 0 1 4
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 3 3
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 1 27 15 12 3 3 1 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 2 25 13 12 5 0 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 2
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 1 11 4 7 0 0 2 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
43 Poynton, Michael ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 4 0 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 3 24 16 8 8 2 1 2
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 4 0 19 13 6 2 0 2 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 7 0 0 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 4 34 23 11 4 1 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 25 22 348 203 145 59 37 33 45

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