Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Fitzroy Football Club

Known as
Fitzroy

Formed
1883

Disbanded
1996

Colours
Maroon, royal blue and gold

Emblem
Lions (formerly, at various times, Maroons, Roys and Gorillas)

VFL Premierships
1898-9, 1904-5, 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

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

1982 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Fitzroy's 1982 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1982-03-27 1	A	Fitzroy	2.2	4.6	11.8	17.11	113	DRAW	Carlton	4.5	9.8	13.14	16.17	113	0	PRI	1982-03-27 Mar 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-03-20 2	H	Fitzroy	4.3	5.6	9.10	13.11	89	LOST	Richmond	5.1	10.2	13.6	20.10	130	-41	VFL	1982-03-20 Mar 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-10 3	H	Fitzroy	2.3	7.8	12.12	14.16	100	LOST	North Melbourne	3.4	8.8	14.9	25.14	164	-64	JUN	1982-04-10 Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-18 4	A	Fitzroy	2.9	5.9	9.14	14.22	106	LOST	Sydney	3.3	12.11	15.17	24.18	162	-56	SCG	1982-04-18 Apr 18 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-24 5	H	Fitzroy	5.10	9.10	15.14	18.19	127	WON	Essendon	2.1	9.3	12.6	15.12	102	25	JUN	1982-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-01 6	A	Fitzroy	1.2	5.4	8.11	12.19	91	WON	Collingwood	4.3	8.5	11.6	13.10	88	3	VIC	1982-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-08 7	H	Fitzroy	4.4	8.10	13.14	19.15	129	WON	Hawthorn	6.3	10.7	13.7	17.15	117	12	JUN	1982-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-15 8	H	Fitzroy	3.3	7.11	9.16	13.21	99	LOST	Melbourne	7.4	10.7	20.12	25.14	164	-65	VFL	1982-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-22 9	A	Fitzroy	6.5	11.6	17.10	25.12	162	WON	St. Kilda	2.5	9.9	12.15	16.19	115	47	MOO	1982-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-29 10	H	Fitzroy	9.5	14.7	19.10	25.11	161	WON	Geelong	5.4	12.10	15.13	19.18	132	29	JUN	1982-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-05 11	A	Fitzroy	7.7	12.10	16.15	23.22	160	WON	Footscray	4.2	8.5	12.7	16.12	108	52	VFL	1982-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-12 12	A	Fitzroy	6.7	10.8	11.11	17.16	118	LOST	Richmond	4.7	10.8	17.11	23.18	156	-38	MCG	1982-06-12 Jun 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-19 13	A	Fitzroy	2.1	7.8	10.11	11.21	87	LOST	North Melbourne	3.1	5.2	13.7	13.10	88	-1	ARD	1982-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-26 14	H	Fitzroy	7.5	10.8	14.12	16.16	112	LOST	Sydney	4.0	9.2	14.7	20.13	133	-21	JUN	1982-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-03 15	A	Fitzroy	0.2	2.8	2.11	7.12	54	LOST	Essendon	6.3	11.4	16.9	21.13	139	-85	WIN	1982-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-17 16	H	Fitzroy	4.6	7.11	9.16	10.24	84	WON	Collingwood	2.2	7.5	8.10	9.10	64	20	VFL	1982-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-24 17	A	Fitzroy	7.4	15.5	21.5	27.8	170	WON	Hawthorn	6.6	10.9	17.11	18.15	123	47	VFL	1982-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-31 18	A	Fitzroy	7.5	12.11	17.15	24.19	163	WON	Melbourne	1.5	5.8	9.12	13.15	93	70	MCG	1982-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-07 19	H	Fitzroy	3.6	10.11	15.14	21.16	142	WON	St. Kilda	1.3	3.4	6.9	11.12	78	64	JUN	1982-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-14 20	A	Fitzroy	6.5	9.7	13.10	15.15	105	WON	Geelong	2.2	2.8	3.14	5.18	48	57	KAR	1982-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-21 21	H	Fitzroy	3.3	8.9	12.14	19.17	131	WON	Footscray	2.2	2.3	5.6	12.11	83	48	JUN	1982-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-28 22	H	Fitzroy	2.3	9.4	12.7	17.9	111	LOST	Carlton	6.2	11.6	17.9	23.12	150	-39	VFL	1982-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1982 Player Stats

#	Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
18	Carlson, Leigh	17	164	9.6	102	6.0	266	15.6	43	2.5	0	0.0	20	24	12	0.7	14	86
21	Cassin, John	2	7	3.5	11	5.5	18	9.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	2	2	0	0.0	2	2
40	Clayton, Scott	18	123	6.8	76	4.2	199	11.1	23	1.3	1	0.1	31	28	2	0.1	5	17
2	Coates, Michael	15	113	7.5	59	3.9	172	11.5	25	1.7	1	0.1	14	18	4	0.3	8	32
32	Coleman, Glenn	17	118	6.9	67	3.9	185	10.9	59	3.5	37	2.2	34	25	3	0.2	10	28
12	Conlan, Mick	22	263	12.0	73	3.3	336	15.3	67	3.0	0	0.0	25	50	52	2.4	48	360
11	Cox, Darryl	5	35	7.0	12	2.4	47	9.4	9	1.8	3	0.6	7	7	4	0.8	2	26
42	Eaves, Mark	1	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	Everett, Geoff	8	49	6.1	14	1.8	63	7.9	10	1.3	0	0.0	12	6	0	0.0	2	2
28	Foster, Peter	4	21	5.3	14	3.5	35	8.8	11	2.8	2	0.5	4	8	2	0.5	1	13
7	Francis, Peter	18	225	12.5	112	6.2	337	18.7	55	3.1	1	0.1	25	28	12	0.7	6	78
57	Gotch, Bradley	20	263	13.2	75	3.8	338	16.9	52	2.6	1	0.1	37	24	38	1.9	26	254
16	Hansen, Chris	7	61	8.7	18	2.6	79	11.3	21	3.0	48	6.9	16	12	0	0.0	1	1
38	Harris, Leon	14	154	11.0	86	6.1	240	17.1	26	1.9	0	0.0	24	23	5	0.4	10	40
26	Herbert, Des	2	11	5.5	8	4.0	19	9.5	2	1.0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
15	Hinchen, Graeme	13	92	7.1	50	3.8	142	10.9	25	1.9	0	0.0	16	19	0	0.0	0	0
3	Lawrie, Grant	22	209	9.5	101	4.6	310	14.1	64	2.9	1	0.0	28	27	3	0.1	2	20
23	McCarthy, Gerald	2	12	6.0	8	4.0	20	10.0	8	4.0	10	5.0	1	4	1	0.5	1	7
19	McMahon, David	17	170	10.0	76	4.5	246	14.5	57	3.4	1	0.1	35	52	37	2.2	21	243
35	Merryweather, Andrew	1	3	3.0	9	9.0	12	12.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
41	Murnane, Lee	16	173	10.8	115	7.2	288	18.0	55	3.4	5	0.3	39	54	12	0.8	9	81
36	O'Keeffe, Kevin	1	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1
25	O'Neill, Terry	13	101	7.8	31	2.4	132	10.2	43	3.3	9	0.7	24	10	1	0.1	1	7
6	O'Riley, Grant	3	2	0.7	1	0.3	3	1.0	2	0.7	0	0.0	0	1	2	0.7	0	12
44	Osborne, Richard	1	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
27	Parish, Les	20	296	14.8	143	7.2	439	22.0	85	4.3	1	0.1	27	40	12	0.6	8	80
43	Pert, Gary	10	103	10.3	28	2.8	131	13.1	26	2.6	0	0.0	16	12	6	0.6	9	45
17	Poynton, Michael	12	95	7.9	32	2.7	127	10.6	29	2.4	1	0.1	12	17	12	1.0	22	94
5	Quinlan, Bernie	21	289	13.8	96	4.6	385	18.3	108	5.1	158	7.5	34	56	53	2.5	35	353
9	Rendell, Matthew	21	248	11.8	128	6.1	376	17.9	121	5.8	528	25.1	89	51	12	0.6	16	88
1	Roos, Paul	13	66	5.1	34	2.6	100	7.7	31	2.4	0	0.0	7	13	26	2.0	15	171
10	Serafini, Laurie	12	95	7.9	59	4.9	154	12.8	38	3.2	2	0.2	24	9	1	0.1	0	6
21	Sidebottom, Garry	7	77	11.0	30	4.3	107	15.3	32	4.6	33	4.7	15	15	17	2.4	10	112
8	Smith, Chris	10	49	4.9	34	3.4	83	8.3	21	2.1	11	1.1	6	10	1	0.1	1	7
31	Smith, Jan	7	24	3.4	8	1.1	32	4.6	6	0.9	0	0.0	6	6	1	0.1	0	6
33	Taylor, Neville	14	114	8.1	56	4.0	170	12.1	12	0.9	1	0.1	22	14	1	0.1	0	6
4	Thornton, Ross	16	164	10.3	77	4.8	241	15.1	35	2.2	0	0.0	28	23	5	0.3	6	36
29	Wilson, Garry	18	252	14.0	144	8.0	396	22.0	101	5.6	1	0.1	39	27	40	2.2	24	264
Totals		440	4249	9.7	1992	4.5	6241	14.2	1310	3.0	857	1.9	723	721	377	0.9	316	2578