1983 VFL Season Round 19: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1983 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. 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 (22.29.161) defeated Melbourne (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 August 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,870

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 22.29.161 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 8 12 . 16 21 . 22 22 . 29 22 . 29 (161)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 6 5 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin FITZ by 30 FITZ by 52 FITZ by 112 FITZ by 86 FITZ by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 4 0 1 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 1 1 3
24 Eaves, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
7 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 5 0 2 3
45 Gotch, Brad ? ? 2 2 20 12 8 6 0 1 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 1 0 2 1
13 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 4 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 6 0
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 0 0 3 3
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
25 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 28 14 14 5 0 3 2
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 4 0 3 2
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 4 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 8 21 17 4 9 1 1 0
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 28 5 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 5 3 26 19 7 5 0 3 4
19 Scott, Mark ? ? 2 4 15 11 4 5 7 2 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 6 0 2 0
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 1
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 9 1 4 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 29 355 234 121 79 39 50 31

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
45 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 0 3 3
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 1 0 4 3
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 3
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 6 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 6
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 3 3 15 14 1 8 0 0 5
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 2 0 1 0
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 10 1 3
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 5 0 3
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 0 0
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 4 1 1 5
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 3 2
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 3 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 9 265 178 87 53 16 31 50

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