1979 VFL Season Round 20: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1979 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round twenty of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Moorabbin Oval. Barry Breen captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

St Kilda (9.6.60) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.16.76).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 18 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 12,330

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.6.60 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 2 3 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Fitzroy 2 . 2 7 . 9 8 . 11 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin STKL by 6 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 4 2
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 5 0 7 3
27 Cahir, Gerard ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 2 0 4 4
13 Cross, Andrew ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 3
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 0 2
21 Discher, Don ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 9 3
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 7 4
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 3 0 25 23 2 4 0 4 4
41 Herbert, Dean ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 3 1
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 0 0 2 4
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 5
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 8 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 19 6 4
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 3 0 1 3
42 Scott, Malcolm ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 3 0 0 3
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 1 1
17 Stone, Chris ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 6 271 199 72 49 25 66 54

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 26 3 5
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 7 1 3 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 4 1 8 6 2 4 1 2 2
37 Bramley, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 4
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 4
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 3 3 2
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 1 0 3 5
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 3 0 2 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 3 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 1 2 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 4 1 6 9
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 4
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 1 2 2 2
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 3 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 0 0 4 3
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 6 0 2 3
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 5 35 26 9 6 0 9 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 16 282 199 83 46 35 54 66

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