1979 VFL Season Round 21: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1979 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round twenty-one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Fitzroy (22.19.151) defeated Footscray (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,076

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 22.19.151 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 3 12 . 7 14 . 11 22 . 19 22 . 19 (151)
Footscray 5 . 6 6 . 10 12 . 15 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin FOOT by 33 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 51 FITZ by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Moss

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 18 4 3
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 4 2 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 8 3 15 14 1 9 3 2 0
37 Bramley, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 7 2 20 19 1 4 0 2 2
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 15 6 9 1 0 3 0
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 2 0 3 0
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 4 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 2 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
43 Poynton, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 3 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 18 13 5 3 12 2 1
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 0 0 2 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 3
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 4 17 13 4 8 0 0 4
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 3 2 28 14 14 6 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 19 320 218 102 67 37 39 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
52 Berry, Bill ? ? 3 1 8 8 0 6 15 1 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 1 5 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 2 0 3 0
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 3 6 5 24 2 6
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 4 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 2 4
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 1
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 4 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 1 0 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 28 17 11 2 0 0 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 6 10 10 0 5 0 1 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 3 20 14 6 4 0 2 1
44 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 16 263 201 62 53 42 31 39

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