1979 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1979 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round twelve of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Ray Shaw captained the visitors with, in the absence of Kevin Morris, deputy vice-captain Rene Kink as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (17.20.122) defeated Collingwood (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 23 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 56,975

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Collingwood
Score: 17.20.122 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 5 10 . 11 12 . 15 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Collingwood 3 . 3 5 . 8 9 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FITZ by 14 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 42 FITZ by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Rene Kink (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 6 26 1 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 4 23 13 10 1 0 1 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 4 10 9 1 5 0 3 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 4 17 14 3 3 0 2 2
1 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 4 1 2
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 0 0 0 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 3 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 27 22 5 6 0 1 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 4
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 6 1 2 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 30 22 8 15 0 3 1
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 4 0 3 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 6 0 0 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 1
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 1 17 9 8 2 0 2 3
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 2 0 32 18 14 8 1 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 20 336 213 123 79 32 37 39

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 3 1 2
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 5 0 2 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 4 0
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 1 0 1 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 5 0 0 1
41 Hannebery, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 3
36 Kink, Rene (avc) ? ? 3 1 11 6 5 6 0 1 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 5 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 27 2 2
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 1 0 2 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 3 3
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 4 0 0
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 0 3 26 16 10 4 0 2 5
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 3 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 2 1 1
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 1 4 17 14 3 2 0 2 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 22 10 12 1 0 1 4
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 0 0 4 0
33 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 283 184 99 53 36 39 37

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