1980 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1980 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round two of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Ron Alexander captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Fitzroy (17.14.116) were defeated by Melbourne (22.8.140).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Monday 7 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 28,802

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 17.14.116 - 22.8.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 6 7 . 10 13 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Melbourne 6 . 0 10 . 3 16 . 5 22 . 8 22 . 8 (140)
Margin level MELB by 11 MELB by 12 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 1 26 2 2
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 3 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 6 2 10 10 0 7 0 1 2
31 Braddy, Craig ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 1 0 1
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 2 2 22 18 4 6 0 3 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2
11 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
41 Early, Phillip ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 1 1
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 1 3
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 4 2
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 21 13 8 5 0 2 0
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 2 21 11 10 3 0 3 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 18 8 10 2 0 2 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 3 0 0 1
25 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 1 12 4 8 2 12 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 0 33 22 11 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 14 291 189 102 46 39 30 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 17 1 5
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 3
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 2 0 8 4 4 4 13 0 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 0 10 3 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 6 0 2 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 4 0 24 18 6 3 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 4 0 1 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 29 15 14 2 0 2 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Rowe, Russell ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 2 0 3 3
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 7 3 14 12 2 4 0 4 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 28 18 10 3 0 1 0
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 8 304 195 109 54 40 29 30

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