1979 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1979 between Collingwood and Fitzroy in the first semi final of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Ray Shaw captained the hosts with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Collingwood (16.20.116) defeated Fitzroy (12.22.94).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 September 1979
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 87,139

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.20.116 - 12.22.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 5 5 . 7 12 . 13 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 5 . 13 6 . 17 12 . 22 12 . 22 (94)
Margin COLL by 1 FITZ by 6 COLL by 32 COLL by 22 COLL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 5 1 18 15 3 0 0 3 2
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 5 0 5 0
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 2 10 3 0 1 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 3
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 0 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3
55 Dreher, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 3
8 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 3 0 2 3
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 3 1 18 14 4 9 0 1 5
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 3 13 5 3
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 3 19 16 3 2 0 2 2
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 3 20 14 6 2 0 1 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 4 1
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 4 4 0 3
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 2 24 13 11 3 0 5 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 20 277 193 84 57 17 39 40

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 18 6 5
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 3 26 17 9 3 0 3 3
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 4 9 8 1 4 0 2 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 3 16 13 3 0 0 3 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 8 6 0 1
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 0 0 3 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 26 17 9 4 0 0 4
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 2 16 7 9 3 0 3 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 5 2 5 2
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 3 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 3
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 1 12 11 1 3 1 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 1 4 31 19 12 5 0 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 22 280 190 90 53 27 40 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