1984 VFL Elimination Final: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1984 between Collingwood and Fitzroy in the elimination final of the 1984 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at MCG. Mark Williams captained the hosts with David Cloke as vice-captain. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Collingwood
M. Williams (capt.), D. Cloke (vice-capt.), B. Abernethy, R. Andrews, D. Banks, R. Barham, P. Daicos, W. Fellowes, P. McCormack, I. McMullin, D. Millane, G. Phillips, G. Raines, M. Richardson, G. Shaw, N. Shaw, T. Shaw, M. Taylor, J. Turner, D. Twomey

Fitzroy
G. Wilson (capt.), P. Burke, L. Carlson, B. Gotch, B. Harris, G. Lawrie, B. Lokan, G. Osborne, R. Osborne, L. Parish, T. Pekin, G. Pert, B. Quinlan, M. Reeves, M. Rendell, P. Roos, M. Scott, G. Sidebottom, R. Thornton, D. Turner

Collingwood (23.15.153) defeated Fitzroy (15.17.107).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: M. Williams (6), I. McMullin (5), M. Richardson (3), B. Abernethy (2), D. Cloke (2), R. Andrews, P. Daicos, D. Millane, G. Shaw, N. Shaw
Fitzroy: B. Quinlan (3), B. Lokan (2), R. Osborne (2), G. Pert (2), M. Scott (2), G. Sidebottom (2), M. Rendell, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, Collingwood faced Carlton in the first semi final and Fitzroy were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Sunday 9 September 1984
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 73,994

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 23.15.153 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 8 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
Fitzroy 5 . 3 8 . 9 11 . 16 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin FITZ by 1 FITZ by 5 COLL by 4 COLL by 46 COLL by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Cahill (Collingwood), Robert Walls (Fitzroy)
Captains: Mark Williams (Collingwood), Garry Wilson (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: David Cloke (Collingwood), unknown (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, N. Nash

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 2 1 21 20 1 5 0 2 0
9 Andrews, Ron ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 1 1 2
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 4 1
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 0 0
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 1 9 4 3
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 2 0 3 1
23 Fellowes, Wes ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 9 9 0 3
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 2
31 McMullin, Ian ? ? 5 2 18 12 6 6 0 0 2
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 4 0 1 2
3 Phillips, Greg ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 8 0 1 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 6 0 2 2
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 3 0 27 16 11 8 0 0 3
11 Shaw, Gary ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 2 0 0 0
51 Shaw, Neville ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 0 36 22 14 5 0 1 6
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 5 0 3 0
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 1
8 Twomey, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 1 1
21 Williams, Mark (c) ? ? 6 1 12 7 5 6 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 15 328 219 109 87 19 24 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Burke, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 1
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Gotch, Brad ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 3 1
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 1 0
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 0
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 2 0 3 1
47 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 2 3 16 11 5 5 4 0 4
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 5 12 11 1 5 1 2 1
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 2
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 10 26 5 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 6 0 1 3
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 4 0 1 2
21 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 2 3 16 13 3 9 3 0 3
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 3
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 5 0 3 0
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 17 264 188 76 67 35 33 24

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