1979 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1979 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round six of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (21.14.140) were defeated by Fitzroy (24.19.163).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,773

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 21.14.140 - 24.19.163

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 6 11 . 7 18 . 10 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 12 . 6 17 . 13 24 . 19 24 . 19 (163)
Margin MELB by 2 FITZ by 5 MELB by 3 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 1 20 9 11 3 8 2 1
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 3 1 16 6 10 7 1 1 1
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 4 21 2 5
32 Elliott, Bruce ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 1 29 20 9 6 0 1 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 3 0 25 15 10 6 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 2 0 4 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 4 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 4 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 1 3 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 6
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 3 2 10 8 2 5 0 1 3
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 3 2 31 16 15 3 0 2 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 2 0 1 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 3 34 24 10 5 0 3 1
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 0 2 5 3
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 14 347 215 132 66 33 43 36

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 28 6 3
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 1 31 20 11 2 2 1 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 8 3 13 12 1 8 3 2 2
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 9 3 3
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 1 13 5 8 1 0 0 4
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 3 0 1 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 1 1 1 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 1 0 2 1
43 Poynton, Michael ? ? 0 2 6 3 3 1 0 0 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 1 19 13 6 7 3 1 3
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 4 11 10 1 2 0 2 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 4 3
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 4 1 32 21 11 3 1 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 19 316 211 105 60 47 36 43

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