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Club Information
Nickname
Lions
Formed
1883
Home Ground
Brunswick Street Oval 1884-1966; Junction Oval 1970-84; Victoria Park 1985-86; Princes Park 1967-69, 1987-93; Whitten Oval 1994-96
Historical Affiliations
VFA 1884-1896; VFL 1896-1989; AFL 1990-1996
Colours
Maroon, royal blue and gold
Emblem
Lions (formerly, at various times, Maroons, Roys and Gorillas)
Disbanded
1996
VFL Premierships
1898-99, 1904-05, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1944 (8 total)
VFA Premierships
1895 (1 in total)
Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series 1959, 1978 (2 total)
Most Games
333 - Kevin Murray (1955-1964; 1967-1974)
Most Goals
626 - Jack Moriarty (1924-1933)
League Top Goalkickers
V/AFL: J.Freake (56) 1913 & (66) 1915; J.Moriarty (82) 1924; B.Quinlan (116) 1983 & (105) 1984 (5 total)
Brownlow Medalists
Haydn Bunton 1931, 1932 & 1935; Wilfred 'Chicken' Smallhorn 1933; Denis 'Dinny' Ryan 1936; Alan Ruthven 1950; Kevin Murray 1969; Bernie Quinlan 1981 (6 Medallists/8 Medals)
Fitzroy
Club Biography
"Fitzroy's on-field achievements, particularly during the early years of the VFL, were considerable. During the first decade of VFL competition the Maroons won no fewer than four flags - more than any other club - and were runners up three times. Further premierships followed in 1913 and 1916, but after World War One the side tended to struggle. Paralleling this, the VFL began to take on more and more of the characteristics of a business: payment to players was officially recognised as taking place in 1909, and professionalism gradually became more and more overt ... "
- John Devaney examines the tragic tale of Fitzroy FC - worldbeaters at the start of the century; out of business by the end of it
1996 Season
Fitzroy's 1996 Fixture
| Rnd | Home | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Away | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitzroy | 6.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 71 | def by | Hawthorn | 2.3 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 13.14 | 92 | -21 | WO | Mar 30 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 2 | Fitzroy | 1.3 | 3.3 | 9.8 | 15.11 | 101 | def by | Adelaide | 0.1 | 7.2 | 15.4 | 21.7 | 133 | -32 | WO | Apr 6 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 3 | Footscray | 6.8 | 10.10 | 12.16 | 17.19 | 121 | def | Fitzroy | 2.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 10.10 | 70 | -51 | WO | Apr 13 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 4 | St Kilda | 6.2 | 14.5 | 21.14 | 24.16 | 160 | def | Fitzroy | 3.2 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 75 | -85 | WP | Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 5 | Brisbane | 4.2 | 12.7 | 17.9 | 24.14 | 158 | def | Fitzroy | 2.5 | 4.9 | 6.12 | 6.13 | 49 | -109 | G | Apr 28 (Sun, 2:10) | Details |
| 6 | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 62 | def by | Richmond | 5.4 | 9.7 | 14.13 | 23.16 | 154 | -92 | WO | May 4 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 7 | Carlton | 3.6 | 8.11 | 12.13 | 18.17 | 125 | def | Fitzroy | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 8.14 | 62 | -63 | PP | May 11 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 5.3 | 8.3 | 13.7 | 16.11 | 107 | def | Fremantle | 2.1 | 3.5 | 4.10 | 10.16 | 76 | 31 | WO | May 18 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 8.4 | 12.9 | 19.16 | 25.20 | 170 | def | Fitzroy | 3.5 | 4.8 | 7.10 | 9.11 | 65 | -105 | M.C.G | May 24 (Fri, 8:10) | Details |
| 10 | Fitzroy | 2.0 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 67 | def by | Sydney | 5.2 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 21.11 | 137 | -70 | WO | Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 11 | Fitzroy | 3.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 56 | def by | Melbourne | 3.1 | 8.4 | 13.9 | 18.11 | 119 | -63 | WO | Jun 16 (Sun, 2:10) | Details |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 6.2 | 11.7 | 16.10 | 17.12 | 114 | def | Fitzroy | 2.4 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 12.11 | 83 | -31 | WP | Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 13 | Fitzroy | 1.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 39 | def by | Geelong | 7.8 | 14.10 | 20.15 | 25.16 | 166 | -127 | WO | Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 14 | Fitzroy | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.10 | 7.10 | 52 | def by | Essendon | 4.5 | 7.8 | 12.9 | 17.16 | 118 | -66 | PP | Jul 6 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 15 | West Coast | 6.3 | 10.4 | 15.7 | 20.11 | 131 | def | Fitzroy | 1.1 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 63 | -68 | WACA | Jul 12 (Fri, 8:40) | Details |
| 16 | Collingwood | 4.3 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 17.14 | 116 | def | Fitzroy | 2.7 | 5.9 | 7.12 | 10.16 | 76 | -40 | VP | Jul 21 (Sun, 2:10) | Details |
| 17 | Adelaide | 5.1 | 19.3 | 23.6 | 26.10 | 166 | def | Fitzroy | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.11 | 9.13 | 67 | -99 | FP | Jul 28 (Sun, 1:10) | Details |
| 18 | Fitzroy | 0.3 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 45 | def by | Footscray | 2.6 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 8.12 | 60 | -15 | WO | Aug 4 (Sun, 2:10) | Details |
| 19 | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 35 | def by | St Kilda | 3.1 | 5.4 | 11.7 | 13.10 | 88 | -53 | WO | Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 20 | Fitzroy | 4.3 | 8.5 | 10.11 | 14.16 | 100 | def by | Brisbane | 5.4 | 13.8 | 23.10 | 29.13 | 187 | -87 | PP | Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Details |
| 21 | Richmond | 4.9 | 10.10 | 17.12 | 28.19 | 187 | def | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 36 | -151 | M.C.G | Aug 25 (Sun, 2:10) | Details |
| 22 | Fremantle | 4.6 | 11.7 | 20.8 | 24.13 | 157 | def | Fitzroy | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.10 | 10.11 | 71 | -86 | S | Sep 1 (Sun, 4:10) | Details |
1996 Player Stats
| J | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Atkins, Simon | 19 | 197 | 10.4 | 191 | 10.1 | 388 | 20.4 | 50 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.9 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0.3 | 3 | 39 |
| 32 | Baldwin, Jason | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 35 | 3.2 | 91 | 8.3 | 13 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1.1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | Bamford, Scott | 22 | 229 | 10.4 | 137 | 6.2 | 366 | 16.6 | 43 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 1.1 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 0.3 | 13 | 49 |
| 5 | Barker, John | 21 | 203 | 9.7 | 92 | 4.4 | 295 | 14.0 | 110 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.4 | 33 | 1.6 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 0.4 | 4 | 58 |
| 41 | Bird, Peter | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 17 | 5.7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Bizzotto, Frank | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 27 | 6.8 | 46 | 11.5 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Boyd, Brad | 16 | 174 | 10.9 | 134 | 8.4 | 308 | 19.3 | 61 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.4 | 19 | 1.2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0.4 | 6 | 42 |
| 30 | Carter, Nick | 17 | 107 | 6.3 | 124 | 7.3 | 231 | 13.6 | 39 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1.2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0.2 | 5 | 29 |
| 29 | Cassidy, Brad | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 50 | 3.6 | 116 | 8.3 | 36 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0.7 | 5 | 65 |
| 27 | Chandler, Brett | 16 | 128 | 8.0 | 129 | 8.1 | 257 | 16.1 | 37 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 2.7 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0.1 | 4 | 16 |
| 40 | Clayton, Shane | 13 | 87 | 6.7 | 53 | 4.1 | 140 | 10.8 | 34 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.7 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
| 35 | Cook, Brett | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 15 | 3.8 | 27 | 6.8 | 6 | 1.5 | 33 | 8.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Cummings, Trent | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 65 | 5.9 | 127 | 11.5 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1.6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 4 | 34 |
| 31 | Dent, Matthew | 19 | 219 | 11.5 | 156 | 8.2 | 375 | 19.7 | 81 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 36 | 1.9 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 0.3 | 4 | 40 |
| 28 | Doyle, Peter | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 26 | 3.7 | 48 | 6.9 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | Dwyer, Mick | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 38 | 4.8 | 72 | 9.0 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Frewen, Brent | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Hawking, Simon | 16 | 120 | 7.5 | 23 | 1.4 | 143 | 8.9 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 1.0 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 0.9 | 13 | 103 |
| 10 | Hogg, Jeff | 14 | 95 | 6.8 | 26 | 1.9 | 121 | 8.6 | 23 | 1.6 | 11 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.9 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0.5 | 11 | 53 |
| 19 | Holmes, Darren | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 61 | 8.7 | 104 | 14.9 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 2.3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Johnson, Chris | 22 | 213 | 9.7 | 176 | 8.0 | 389 | 17.7 | 76 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 3.9 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 0.9 | 15 | 129 |
| 36 | Lamb, Wayne | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 8 | 2.7 | 27 | 9.0 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 18 |
| 26 | Manfield, Matthew | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 13 | 3.3 | 24 | 6.0 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | McCarthy, Adam | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | McCarthy, John | 18 | 121 | 6.7 | 112 | 6.2 | 233 | 12.9 | 59 | 3.3 | 7 | 0.4 | 24 | 1.3 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 0.6 | 6 | 72 |
| 11 | McGregor, Anthony | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 21 | 3.5 | 66 | 11.0 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 19 |
| 15 | McMahon, Robert | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Mellington, Anthony | 18 | 86 | 4.8 | 56 | 3.1 | 142 | 7.9 | 52 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.2 | 20 | 1.1 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 1.2 | 26 | 158 |
| 7 | Molloy, Jarrod | 19 | 124 | 6.5 | 81 | 4.3 | 205 | 10.8 | 62 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 38 | 2.0 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 0.7 | 4 | 82 |
| 34 | Morton, Danny | 16 | 101 | 6.3 | 117 | 7.3 | 218 | 13.6 | 26 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 2.0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0.6 | 3 | 57 |
| 4 | Paxman, Stephen | 21 | 128 | 6.1 | 106 | 5.0 | 234 | 11.1 | 75 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.3 | 34 | 1.6 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0.2 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Pike, Martin | 22 | 359 | 16.3 | 125 | 5.7 | 484 | 22.0 | 99 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 1.8 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 0.2 | 9 | 39 |
| 12 | Primus, Matthew | 20 | 163 | 8.2 | 137 | 6.9 | 300 | 15.0 | 61 | 3.1 | 339 | 17.0 | 41 | 2.1 | 54 | 66 | 5 | 0.3 | 7 | 37 |
| 9 | Ramsey, Jason | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Rombotis, John | 22 | 160 | 7.3 | 161 | 7.3 | 321 | 14.6 | 52 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 1.9 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 0.7 | 8 | 98 |
| 33 | Warfe, Rowan | 16 | 101 | 6.3 | 91 | 5.7 | 192 | 12.0 | 31 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 1.9 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Warry, Marty | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 6 | 1.2 | 31 | 6.2 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 5 | 71 |
| Totals | 462 | 3560 | 7.7 | 2612 | 5.7 | 6172 | 13.4 | 1317 | 2.9 | 418 | 0.9 | 729 | 1.6 | 449 | 451 | 206 | 0.4 | 172 | 1408 | |