1984 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1984 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round one of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Mick Turner captained the hosts. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Geelong (23.10.148) defeated Fitzroy (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 March 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,260

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 23.10.148 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 10 . 5 21 . 9 23 . 10 23 . 10 (148)
Fitzroy 4 . 1 6 . 6 10 . 7 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin FITZ by 2 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 68 GEEL by 49 GEEL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Mick Turner
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams GEEL 11 3
Murray Witcombe GEEL 18 2
Neville Bruns GEEL 19 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 0 22 20 2 8 0 6 4
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 3 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 4 0 1 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 2 0 3 1
12 Hawkins, Robb ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 9 2 14 12 2 7 3 3 3
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 0 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 5 0 8 7 1 5 1 0 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 7 38 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 1 0 2 4
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 0 3 6
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 3
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 2 2 2
9 Turner, Mick (c) ? ? 0 3 28 19 9 4 0 1 3
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 38 21 17 5 1 8 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 3 1 24 18 6 7 0 2 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 10 330 225 105 73 47 43 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 2
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 4 2
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 4 2
2 Coates, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 4
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 7 16 3 5
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
30 Grimley, Brett ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 2 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 2 0 1 3
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 7 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 1
41 Murnane, Lee ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 4 0 3 3
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 0 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 1 12 11 1 8 3 1 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 5 1 1 0
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 2 1 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 2
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 5 0 7 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 9 283 185 98 65 22 38 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