1981 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1981 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Melbourne (13.12.90) were defeated by Fitzroy (17.32.134).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 June 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,691

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.12.90 - 17.32.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 6 6 . 7 8 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Fitzroy 5 . 5 9 . 12 12 . 21 17 . 32 17 . 32 (134)
Margin FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 35 FITZ by 44 FITZ by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 1 0 3 4
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 1 0 3
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 6 1
45 Dickson, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 4 1 2 0
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 27 22 5 5 0 3 5
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 2 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 0
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 1 0 0 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 3 18 13 5 5 1 2 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 5 2 8 8 0 4 0 4 0
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 6 35 1 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 0 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 7 0 2 5
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 12 275 190 85 64 38 42 27

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 16 1 1
31 Braddy, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 3 4
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 2
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 1 0 2 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 7 14 13 1 1 0 1 1
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 4 1 4
3 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 3
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 8 0 2 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 4 0 0 3
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 2 5 20 18 2 4 1 2 3
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 1 0 2 5
17 Poynton, Michael ? ? 2 4 13 12 1 5 0 2 4
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 1 21 15 6 7 0 1 1
22 Rankin, David ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 6 3 15 12 3 9 8 1 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 5 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 6 0 0 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 2 2 26 20 6 9 0 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 32 321 229 92 75 29 27 42

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