1979 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1979 between Fitzroy and St Kilda during round nine of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted St Kilda at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Barry Breen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Fitzroy (18.15.123) defeated St Kilda (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 2 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,963

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. St Kilda
Score: 18.15.123 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 8 . 8 10 . 11 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
St Kilda 5 . 7 6 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin STKL by 17 FITZ by 12 STKL by 5 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 27 5 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 0 24 14 10 3 1 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 4 1 0 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 3 3 27 20 7 5 0 2 3
1 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 1 5 1
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 1 0 2 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 5 0 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 4 0 2 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 1 3 1 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 5 0 5 4
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 0 1
43 Poynton, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 1 1 3
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 5 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 9 1 5 0
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 5 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 3 4 37 26 11 9 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 15 305 207 98 70 36 39 33

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 0 3
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 1 0 1
27 Cahir, Gerard ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 3 0 1 4
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 1
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 2
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 3 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 0 0 2 2
7 Granger, Dave ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 4 1
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 2 2 25 18 7 5 1 2 3
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 1 1 3 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 3 21 16 5 5 0 4 1
28 Roberts, Michael ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 3 0 2 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 21 3 5
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 6 1 0 6
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 3
30 Thomas, Grant ? ? 2 3 13 9 4 6 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 12 307 214 93 65 25 33 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