1979 VFL Season Round 16: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1979 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Fitzroy (16.16.112) defeated Essendon (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 19,684

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 16.16.112 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 6 9 . 11 12 . 14 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 3 10 . 3 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin FITZ by 10 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 23 4 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 1 4 22 20 2 3 0 1 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 3 9 7 2 7 2 0 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 3 3 0
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 2 1 14 6 8 1 0 2 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 6 0 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 2 0 6 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 2 1 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 3 1 20 13 7 9 0 0 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 3
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 9 0 3
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 4 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 3
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 5
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 5 1 16 15 1 3 0 3 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 16 281 211 70 62 39 34 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 38 27 11 7 0 7 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 1 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 2
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 3 0 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 3 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 2
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 1
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 6 1 19 12 7 12 10 2 0
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 2 0 7 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 1 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 2 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 4
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 2 0 2 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 3 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0
20 Steel, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 6 10 1 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 4 2 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 9 308 208 100 65 30 41 34

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