1980 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1980 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round one of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (17.11.113) were defeated by Fitzroy (18.17.125).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 29 March 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,060

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 17.11.113 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 7 8 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Fitzroy 3 . 7 6 . 12 13 . 16 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 38 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 1 3
12 Anderson, Robert ? ? 3 0 22 8 14 1 0 1 1
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 3 25 1 5
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 1 1 0
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 4 5
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 31 22 9 0 0 4 4
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 3 7 0 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 3 21 13 8 4 0 4 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 1 24 10 14 2 0 2 4
8 Johnson, Matt ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 1
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 0 0 1 1
45 Pollett, Andrew ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 2 3 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 4 0 3 3
21 Ross, Paul ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 2 15 12 3 5 3 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 11 303 184 119 33 38 32 36

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 14 4 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 2 24 13 11 2 0 0 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 4 9 8 1 5 0 2 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 3 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 5 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 3
11 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 2 2
41 Early, Phillip ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 24 20 4 2 0 3 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 3 1
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 5 0 1 2
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 18 10 8 4 0 3 1
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 1 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 3 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 4 1
25 Thompson, Len ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 4 10 0 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 2 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 17 281 198 83 53 24 36 32

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