Footscray vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 9-Jun-1979
Final Round 10
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
74 11.8
119 17.17
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
Waverley Park Fitzroy by 45

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS1.04.43.03.474
FIT6.53.37.61.3119

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Bob BeecroftFIT
Behinds
3
David McMahonFIT
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

FTSFIT

Scoring / Attack

11Goals17
7Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

296Disposals350
210Kicks224
86Handballs126

Clearance / Contest

27Hitouts29

Other

70Marks90
26Frees For33
33Frees Against26

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Footscray by 45 points, 119–74.

Fitzroy took a 58-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 45 by the final siren, scoring 22 points to 9 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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