Fitzroy
"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
1969 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Fitzroy's 1969 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1969-04-07 1 | H | Fitzroy | 2.5 | 7.8 | 13.11 | 15.13 | 103 | LOST | Footscray | 6.8 | 8.10 | 15.13 | 23.21 | 159 | -56 | PRI | 1969-04-07 Apr 7 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-04-12 2 | A | Fitzroy | 6.1 | 9.6 | 11.6 | 15.10 | 100 | WON | South Melbourne | 4.3 | 6.5 | 11.10 | 14.14 | 98 | 2 | LAK | 1969-04-12 Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-04-19 3 | H | Fitzroy | 1.1 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 91 | LOST | St. Kilda | 5.7 | 8.10 | 17.14 | 19.18 | 132 | -41 | PRI | 1969-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-04-26 4 | A | Fitzroy | 3.3 | 9.9 | 11.10 | 13.18 | 96 | LOST | North Melbourne | 5.3 | 10.5 | 17.11 | 19.15 | 129 | -33 | ARD | 1969-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-05-03 5 | A | Fitzroy | 0.6 | 4.9 | 4.13 | 6.19 | 55 | LOST | Richmond | 5.3 | 11.6 | 16.9 | 18.12 | 120 | -65 | MCG | 1969-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-05-10 6 | H | Fitzroy | 3.2 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 13.12 | 90 | LOST | Essendon | 3.2 | 6.5 | 12.8 | 17.13 | 115 | -25 | PRI | 1969-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-05-17 7 | A | Fitzroy | 4.0 | 9.4 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 85 | LOST | Collingwood | 2.9 | 4.12 | 11.18 | 13.20 | 98 | -13 | VIC | 1969-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-05-24 8 | H | Fitzroy | 4.1 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 81 | LOST | Melbourne | 4.5 | 8.7 | 14.10 | 15.12 | 102 | -21 | PRI | 1969-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-05-31 9 | A | Fitzroy | 2.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 45 | LOST | Geelong | 6.5 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 15.17 | 107 | -62 | KAR | 1969-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-06-07 10 | H | Fitzroy | 4.1 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 12.9 | 81 | LOST | Hawthorn | 5.2 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 105 | -24 | PRI | 1969-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-06-21 11 | A | Fitzroy | 5.4 | 8.8 | 10.12 | 14.14 | 98 | LOST | Carlton | 4.2 | 14.5 | 21.12 | 24.14 | 158 | -60 | PRI | 1969-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-06-28 12 | A | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 68 | LOST | Footscray | 6.7 | 7.7 | 16.13 | 17.13 | 115 | -47 | WES | 1969-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-07-05 13 | H | Fitzroy | 4.3 | 9.12 | 14.13 | 18.21 | 129 | WON | South Melbourne | 3.5 | 4.8 | 9.14 | 11.14 | 80 | 49 | PRI | 1969-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-07-12 14 | A | Fitzroy | 3.1 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 74 | WON | St. Kilda | 3.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 58 | 16 | MOO | 1969-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-07-19 15 | H | Fitzroy | 6.2 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 20.6 | 126 | WON | North Melbourne | 1.3 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 14.12 | 96 | 30 | PRI | 1969-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-08-02 16 | H | Fitzroy | 5.2 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 9.12 | 66 | WON | Richmond | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 8.9 | 57 | 9 | PRI | 1969-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-08-09 17 | A | Fitzroy | 3.2 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 14.11 | 95 | LOST | Essendon | 6.5 | 9.9 | 15.11 | 19.18 | 132 | -37 | WIN | 1969-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-08-16 18 | H | Fitzroy | 1.6 | 3.11 | 6.13 | 9.16 | 70 | LOST | Collingwood | 2.3 | 2.7 | 9.12 | 12.18 | 90 | -20 | PRI | 1969-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-08-23 19 | A | Fitzroy | 4.3 | 6.6 | 9.11 | 14.15 | 99 | WON | Melbourne | 2.7 | 4.10 | 8.12 | 14.13 | 97 | 2 | MCG | 1969-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969-08-30 20 | H | Fitzroy | 2.4 | 6.8 | 8.12 | 13.15 | 93 | WON | Geelong | 3.3 | 5.5 | 8.15 | 9.16 | 70 | 23 | PRI | 1969-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1969 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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3 | Andrews, Mike | 10 | 144 | 14.4 | 53 | 5.3 | 197 | 19.7 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | ||
6 | Baker, Bruce | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 4 | 0.4 | 62 | 6.9 | 26 | 2.9 | 44 | 4.9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
10 | Benison, John | 14 | 144 | 10.3 | 30 | 2.1 | 174 | 12.4 | 29 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
23 | Brown, Norm | 19 | 198 | 10.4 | 62 | 3.3 | 260 | 13.7 | 113 | 5.9 | 227 | 11.9 | 43 | 47 | 8 | 0.4 | 10 | 58 | ||
21 | Cobain, Rod | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 3.3 | 35 | 11.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 12 | ||
12 | Cole, Max | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 12 | 1.5 | 103 | 12.9 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | Crow, Russell | 11 | 123 | 11.2 | 20 | 1.8 | 143 | 13.0 | 61 | 5.5 | 147 | 13.4 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 0.8 | 3 | 57 | ||
46 | Dare, Norm | 11 | 218 | 19.8 | 27 | 2.5 | 245 | 22.3 | 61 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 24 | ||
47 | Ellis, Peter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | Hellings, Doug | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 5 | 0.8 | 61 | 10.2 | 17 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
19 | Herrod, Darryl | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 42 | 3.0 | 184 | 13.1 | 27 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
25 | Hobbs, Colin | 16 | 272 | 17.0 | 60 | 3.8 | 332 | 20.8 | 43 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 51 | 3 | 0.2 | 5 | 23 | ||
51 | Hodgkin, Bob | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 16 | 2.3 | 86 | 12.3 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
36 | Ireland, Robert | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 25 | 12.5 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | Knight, Barry | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 13 | ||
31 | Lazarus, Gary | 13 | 138 | 10.6 | 18 | 1.4 | 156 | 12.0 | 44 | 3.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 16 | 58 | ||
7 | McCrae, Ian | 12 | 142 | 11.8 | 45 | 3.8 | 187 | 15.6 | 27 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0.6 | 10 | 52 | ||
9 | McGregor, Treva | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 12 | 2.0 | 78 | 13.0 | 7 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | McKenzie, Barry | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 14 | 2.0 | 67 | 9.6 | 25 | 3.6 | 48 | 6.9 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 21 | ||
43 | Merrigan, Harvey | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 5 | 0.7 | 50 | 7.1 | 14 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
22 | Molloy, Shane | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 16 | 3.2 | 67 | 13.4 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0.6 | 5 | 23 | ||
5 | Murphy, John | 20 | 438 | 21.9 | 39 | 2.0 | 477 | 23.9 | 81 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 45 | 28 | 1.4 | 28 | 196 | ||
1 | Murray, Kevin | 19 | 309 | 16.3 | 101 | 5.3 | 410 | 21.6 | 99 | 5.2 | 12 | 0.6 | 53 | 42 | 12 | 0.6 | 8 | 80 | ||
20 | Newnham, John | 19 | 321 | 16.9 | 38 | 2.0 | 359 | 18.9 | 38 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 50 | 13 | 0.7 | 22 | 100 | ||
17 | O'Brien, Paul | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 19 | 2.1 | 85 | 9.4 | 23 | 2.6 | 15 | 1.7 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | Padley, Barry | 10 | 99 | 9.9 | 13 | 1.3 | 112 | 11.2 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1.0 | 8 | 68 | ||
16 | Peoples, Daryl | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 38 | 4.2 | 162 | 18.0 | 48 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 18 | 42 | 15 | 1.7 | 12 | 102 | ||
26 | Rheinberger, Cec | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 2.7 | 24 | 8.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
15 | Rhodes, David | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 6 | 2.0 | 50 | 16.7 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
53 | Robertson, Leigh | 14 | 168 | 12.0 | 45 | 3.2 | 213 | 15.2 | 53 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 43 | 41 | 8 | 0.6 | 13 | 61 | ||
13 | Ruscuklic, Alex | 15 | 133 | 8.9 | 51 | 3.4 | 184 | 12.3 | 84 | 5.6 | 4 | 0.3 | 21 | 32 | 31 | 2.1 | 22 | 208 | ||
34 | Searl, Doug | 19 | 189 | 9.9 | 30 | 1.6 | 219 | 11.5 | 112 | 5.9 | 3 | 0.2 | 23 | 27 | 68 | 3.6 | 49 | 457 | ||
19 | Shanahan, Paul | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 1.7 | 15 | 5.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 13 | ||
41 | Shearer, Graeme | 10 | 138 | 13.8 | 39 | 3.9 | 177 | 17.7 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 0.4 | 1 | 25 | ||
24 | Sykes, Bill | 14 | 143 | 10.2 | 49 | 3.5 | 192 | 13.7 | 60 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 0.4 | 2 | 32 | ||
33 | Wall, David | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 10 | 2.0 | 50 | 10.0 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 15 | ||
42 | Weightman, Peter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | ||
30 | Wood, Peter | 19 | 210 | 11.1 | 19 | 1.0 | 229 | 12.1 | 86 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
29 | Worrall, Hugh | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 1.6 | 32 | 6.4 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | Zunneberg, Noel | 19 | 210 | 11.1 | 23 | 1.2 | 233 | 12.3 | 65 | 3.4 | 3 | 0.2 | 40 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 400 | 4771 | 11.9 | 998 | 2.5 | 5769 | 14.4 | 1436 | 3.6 | 521 | 1.3 | 865 | 817 | 251 | 0.6 | 228 | 1734 |