1979 VFL Season Round 19: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1979 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (7.12.54) were defeated by North Melbourne (17.19.121).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 16,659

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by North Melbourne
Score: 7.12.54 - 17.19.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 6 5 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
North Melbourne 3 . 3 9 . 10 14 . 14 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Margin NMLB by 13 NMLB by 40 NMLB by 58 NMLB by 67 NMLB by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 23 2 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 3 0 3
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 3
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 4 0 2
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 4 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 3 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 3 1 1 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 7 5 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 19 6 13 0 0 3 1
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 1 1 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 29 22 7 8 1 1 1
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 3
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 2 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 1 0 1
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 5 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 6 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 12 253 170 83 48 40 33 34

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 7 0 0 2
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 1 3 18 14 4 7 0 0 1
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 0 0 0 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 13 26 3 1
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 7 9 3 3
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 2 3 23 14 9 3 0 2 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 3 3 20 15 5 8 7 2 6
18 Good, Kerry ? ? 5 3 10 9 1 5 0 2 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 3 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 2
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 8 0 4 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 3 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 2
26 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 2
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 19 313 222 91 76 42 34 33

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