1981 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1981 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round four of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval. Garry Wilson captained the hosts. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Fitzroy (25.19.169) defeated South Melbourne (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,935

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. South Melbourne
Score: 25.19.169 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 2 9 . 9 17 . 12 25 . 19 25 . 19 (169)
South Melbourne 6 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin SMLB by 21 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 31 FITZ by 69 FITZ by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

South Melbourne

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 13 5 3
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 1 3 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 4 3 18 16 2 6 0 0 3
14 Everett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 0 0 4 3
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 3 2
20 Lewis, Rod ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 0 17 1 7
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 31 20 11 5 0 2 3
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 2 0 4 3
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 0 3 18 11 7 3 0 5 2
25 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 2
27 Parish, Les ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 3 0 0 1
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 4 22 15 7 8 1 2 2
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 7 1 11 11 0 3 1 1 5
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 4
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 25 19 293 204 89 57 33 44 50

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 5 2
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 4 1
5 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 5 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 2 3
46 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 3 0 1 1
29 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Goss, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 2
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 5
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 1
27 James, Max ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 5 1 3 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 2 17 11 6 5 0 2 1
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 3 3
10 Roberts, John ? ? 5 0 8 7 1 6 0 1 2
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 10 4 3
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 3 3
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 1 0 25 21 4 1 0 1 2
22 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 3 3 18 14 4 6 0 2 4
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 24 5 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 3 0 2 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 16 268 193 75 54 35 50 44

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