1980 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1980 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round thirteen of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (18.21.129) defeated Fitzroy (18.9.117).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 June 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,275

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.21.129 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 8 7 . 12 12 . 18 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 9 . 5 14 . 8 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Margin MELB by 4 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 2 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Dargavel
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 2 23 10 13 7 12 4 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 0 14 4 10 4 1 1 4
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 4 0 1 0
3 Coles, Henry ? ? 5 4 31 19 12 9 0 1 6
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 2 11 8 3 7 0 0 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 13 0 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 4 0 31 14 17 3 0 2 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 2 25 15 10 7 0 4 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 2 16 8 8 3 0 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 4 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 3 3 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 1 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 2 11 5 6 3 0 1 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 36 16 20 6 3 2 0
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 9 0 2 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 4 4 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 48 35 13 16 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 21 399 241 158 99 36 34 28

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 14 1 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 5 0 0 6
11 Cox, Darryl ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 4
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 0 32 22 10 0 0 2 1
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 0 0
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 1 2 0
21 Marchesani, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 4
45 Parish, Les ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 1 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 2 32 20 12 8 1 2 1
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 6 0 0 2
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 0
25 Thompson, Len ? ? 3 0 17 8 9 10 14 3 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 4 3 21 18 3 8 0 3 6
40 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 4 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 10 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 9 302 208 94 78 30 28 34

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