1979 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1979 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (11.8.74) were defeated by Fitzroy (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,357

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.8.74 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 5 . 4 8 . 4 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Fitzroy 6 . 5 9 . 8 16 . 14 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin FITZ by 35 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 58 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Don McKenzie

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 0 1
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 17 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 1 0 0
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 7 0 0 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 32 26 6 7 0 5 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 5 0 1 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 5 1
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 5 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 0 1 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 0 0 1
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 7 1 1 2
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 6 0 0 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 9 4 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 8 296 210 86 70 27 26 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 6 23 3 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 7 0 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 7 1 12 11 1 10 1 1 3
1 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 21 10 11 1 0 2 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 2 2 0
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 1 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 37 26 11 7 0 4 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 25 19 6 7 0 3 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 3
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 5 2 2 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 3 19 10 9 3 0 1 0
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 4 0 2 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 3 1 1 2
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 1 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 9 0 2 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 3 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 5 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 17 350 224 126 90 29 33 26

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