1981 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1981 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round two of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Garry Wilson captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (23.17.155) defeated Melbourne (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,107

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 23.17.155 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 5 10 . 9 16 . 13 23 . 17 23 . 17 (155)
Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 5 11 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin FITZ by 16 FITZ by 16 FITZ by 34 FITZ by 45 FITZ by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 19 3 4
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 3 5 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 4 4 14 11 3 3 0 0 3
14 Everett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 0 0 2 1
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 5
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 2 1
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 6 16 2 3
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 5 0 15 15 0 6 2 2 3
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 3 0 1 2
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 1 2 22 12 10 4 1 2 1
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 0 0 4 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 0 23 16 7 7 1 0 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 4 15 11 4 7 2 2 5
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 1 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 0
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 3 0 23 18 5 8 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 17 265 197 68 59 45 34 35

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 11 22 7 4
38 Barnes, Tony ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 5 0 1 1
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 1 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 3 10 8 2 5 1 0 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 2 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 4 25 17 8 5 0 1 3
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 3 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 5 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 0 0 2 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 6 2 10 9 1 1 5 0 4
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 4
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 2 0
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 4 1 25 18 7 4 0 0 3
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 1 1 22 12 10 3 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 1 4 1
5 Young, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 292 197 95 56 29 35 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