1979 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1979 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Fitzroy (36.22.238) defeated Melbourne (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 12,149

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 36.22.238 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 7 . 7 14 . 14 26 . 17 36 . 22 36 . 22 (238)
Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 5 4 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin FITZ by 36 FITZ by 81 FITZ by 141 FITZ by 190 FITZ by 190
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 28 4 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 3 0 26 17 9 2 0 1 5
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 10 3 18 16 2 13 2 1 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 4 3 18 15 3 4 0 1 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 7 9 4 3
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 23 9 14 3 0 2 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 30 17 13 4 0 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 5 5 36 26 10 10 0 3 2
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 5 0 6 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 8 0 0 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 3 19 11 8 5 0 2 2
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 3 19 11 8 1 0 1 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 0 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 5 0 3 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 0
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 1 25 19 6 8 0 2 5
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 3 2 42 24 18 14 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 36 22 406 254 152 105 41 35 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 13 4 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 4 9 1 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 5 3
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 2 0 6 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 3 0 0 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 4 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 2 1 33 25 8 10 0 1 1
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 3
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 3 0 2 1
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 4 0 2 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 6 3 1 1
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 8 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 1 0 1 3
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 12 277 205 72 77 25 34 35

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