1980 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 1980 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round twelve of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Fitzroy (18.15.123) were defeated by Footscray (25.17.167).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 June 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,681

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 18.15.123 - 25.17.167

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 8 . 6 12 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Footscray 3 . 8 11 . 9 19 . 12 25 . 17 25 . 17 (167)
Margin FOOT by 11 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
P. Serong

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 12 1 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 6 1 11 7 4 6 0 1 6
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 3 2 12 10 2 2 0 1 1
11 Cox, Darryl ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 2 3
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 4
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 6 10 1 1
21 Marchesani, Frank ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 3 0 2 1
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 1 2
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 2 4
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 2 3
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 1 0 4 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 4 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0
25 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 0 1
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 3 27 22 5 11 0 4 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 1 35 20 15 8 0 5 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 18 15 293 202 91 66 24 36 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 3 3 30 25 5 4 0 2 4
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 0
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 4
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 3 0 0 2
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 1 34 20 14 3 0 1 5
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 6 0 3 0
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 26 4 2
24 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 27 15 12 4 0 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 0 31 14 17 2 0 2 2
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 8 1 14 9 5 6 2 2 1
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 3 2 15 11 4 3 0 2 2
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 3 0 1 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 5 1
54 Sampson, Glen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 2 0
47 Seery, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 8 7 0 3
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 3 29 15 14 3 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 25 17 341 217 124 57 39 37 36

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