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

1983 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Fitzroy's 1983 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1983-03-26 1	H	Fitzroy	1.4	5.10	10.12	16.16	112	LOST	Hawthorn	6.3	12.4	17.8	20.11	131	-19	JUN	1983-03-26 Mar 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-04 2	A	Fitzroy	1.4	5.11	6.11	12.16	88	WON	North Melbourne	1.2	1.4	2.5	6.7	43	45	VFL	1983-04-04 Apr 4 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-09 3	H	Fitzroy	1.3	6.9	8.11	14.13	97	WON	Essendon	2.7	5.7	6.12	7.14	56	41	JUN	1983-04-09 Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-16 4	H	Fitzroy	3.6	6.11	8.17	17.23	125	WON	Sydney	0.7	1.11	4.14	6.16	52	73	JUN	1983-04-16 Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-23 5	A	Fitzroy	1.7	6.9	14.13	18.17	125	WON	Carlton	2.4	6.7	7.11	9.11	65	60	PRI	1983-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-04-30 6	A	Fitzroy	7.4	12.8	17.10	22.11	143	WON	St. Kilda	2.2	6.4	9.9	15.12	102	41	MOO	1983-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-07 7	H	Fitzroy	3.3	5.3	9.8	11.10	76	WON	Geelong	1.1	4.4	7.8	9.13	67	9	JUN	1983-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-14 8	A	Fitzroy	4.4	7.7	12.12	18.18	126	WON	Melbourne	3.3	6.7	8.12	12.15	87	39	MCG	1983-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-21 9	H	Fitzroy	2.5	5.11	9.16	13.21	99	LOST	Footscray	6.3	10.4	15.9	22.13	145	-46	VFL	1983-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-05-28 10	A	Fitzroy	6.1	7.7	8.12	13.15	93	WON	Collingwood	3.4	5.9	6.13	10.17	77	16	VIC	1983-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-04 11	H	Fitzroy	7.6	11.9	17.12	20.16	136	WON	Richmond	3.5	8.8	11.11	16.18	114	22	JUN	1983-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-11 12	A	Fitzroy	6.0	9.1	15.7	21.8	134	LOST	Hawthorn	4.7	12.9	20.13	25.17	167	-33	PRI	1983-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-18 13	H	Fitzroy	8.4	13.8	24.11	34.16	220	WON	North Melbourne	2.2	8.3	10.5	10.10	70	150	JUN	1983-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-06-25 14	A	Fitzroy	1.3	5.5	7.7	9.11	65	WON	Essendon	1.3	3.4	6.7	8.10	58	7	WIN	1983-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-03 15	A	Fitzroy	8.4	15.6	15.10	17.15	117	LOST	Sydney	6.1	10.5	17.9	23.9	147	-30	SCG	1983-07-03 Jul 3 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-09 16	H	Fitzroy	6.2	8.6	10.11	13.11	89	LOST	Carlton	2.4	9.5	15.13	18.16	124	-35	VFL	1983-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-23 17	H	Fitzroy	2.4	14.10	16.12	20.18	138	LOST	St. Kilda	7.6	14.7	19.14	22.17	149	-11	JUN	1983-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-07-30 18	A	Fitzroy	5.0	8.6	12.9	16.15	111	WON	Geelong	0.1	4.3	6.5	7.7	49	62	VFL	1983-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-06 19	H	Fitzroy	6.8	12.16	21.22	22.29	161	WON	Melbourne	2.2	5.6	5.6	11.9	75	86	JUN	1983-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-13 20	A	Fitzroy	9.3	11.13	12.15	14.15	99	LOST	Footscray	2.0	8.4	12.6	19.11	125	-26	WES	1983-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-20 21	H	Fitzroy	2.4	8.5	10.10	19.13	127	WON	Collingwood	3.4	3.12	4.15	7.21	63	64	JUN	1983-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-08-27 22	A	Fitzroy	4.3	9.5	13.10	19.13	127	WON	Richmond	3.5	5.12	9.17	12.21	93	34	MCG	1983-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1983-09-03 QF	H	Fitzroy	5.4	7.5	12.7	19.9	123	LOST	Hawthorn	5.4	11.8	15.10	19.13	127	-4	MCG	1983-09-03 Sep 3 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1983-09-10 1SF	A	Fitzroy	3.4	8.9	10.12	12.14	86	LOST	Essendon	5.3	7.8	9.11	16.13	109	-23	MCG	1983-09-10 Sep 10 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1983 Player Stats

#	Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
18	Carlson, Leigh	24	315	13.1	148	6.2	463	19.3	59	2.5	0	0.0	42	35	25	1.0	21	171
40	Clayton, Scott	24	269	11.2	93	3.9	362	15.1	32	1.3	3	0.1	56	44	3	0.1	3	21
2	Coates, Michael	2	6	3.0	7	3.5	13	6.5	5	2.5	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.5	0	6
32	Coleman, Glenn	16	96	6.0	65	4.1	161	10.1	44	2.8	64	4.0	11	16	3	0.2	1	19
12	Conlan, Mick	20	226	11.3	50	2.5	276	13.8	62	3.1	0	0.0	22	45	51	2.6	37	343
11	Cox, Darryl	3	19	6.3	5	1.7	24	8.0	3	1.0	1	0.3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0
24	Eaves, Mark	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Francis, Peter	15	212	14.1	65	4.3	277	18.5	46	3.1	0	0.0	23	23	5	0.3	4	34
45	Gotch, Bradley	7	73	10.4	43	6.1	116	16.6	27	3.9	0	0.0	19	17	9	1.3	10	64
30	Grimley, Brett	7	41	5.9	13	1.9	54	7.7	13	1.9	0	0.0	6	14	0	0.0	3	3
38	Harris, Leon	24	317	13.2	151	6.3	468	19.5	42	1.8	2	0.1	58	43	16	0.7	14	110
26	Herbert, Des	5	46	9.2	17	3.4	63	12.6	18	3.6	0	0.0	4	6	2	0.4	3	15
15	Hinchen, Graeme	19	170	8.9	84	4.4	254	13.4	60	3.2	5	0.3	38	27	0	0.0	3	3
13	Irwin, Warwick	7	36	5.1	20	2.9	56	8.0	8	1.1	0	0.0	5	5	3	0.4	2	20
34	Lawrie, Grant	20	168	8.4	97	4.9	265	13.3	65	3.3	1	0.1	43	23	3	0.2	0	18
20	Lewis, Rod	1	4	4.0	8	8.0	12	12.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	Lokan, Bill	20	209	10.5	95	4.8	304	15.2	46	2.3	2	0.1	22	47	7	0.4	12	54
19	McMahon, David	15	132	8.8	45	3.0	177	11.8	45	3.0	0	0.0	19	42	25	1.7	17	167
41	Murnane, Lee	11	62	5.6	41	3.7	103	9.4	24	2.2	2	0.2	5	27	12	1.1	7	79
25	Nettlefold, Michael	9	91	10.1	80	8.9	171	19.0	27	3.0	3	0.3	14	17	1	0.1	6	12
25	O'Neill, Terry	2	9	4.5	4	2.0	13	6.5	5	2.5	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
6	O'Riley, Grant	3	6	2.0	0	0.0	6	2.0	4	1.3	0	0.0	0	1	3	1.0	2	20
44	Osborne, Richard	17	179	10.5	49	2.9	228	13.4	33	1.9	1	0.1	22	15	5	0.3	2	32
27	Parish, Les	24	379	15.8	176	7.3	555	23.1	91	3.8	5	0.2	38	53	13	0.5	17	95
3	Pert, Gary	22	202	9.2	63	2.9	265	12.0	48	2.2	3	0.1	48	31	1	0.0	5	11
17	Poynton, Michael	4	21	5.3	11	2.8	32	8.0	7	1.8	0	0.0	3	4	2	0.5	2	14
5	Quinlan, Bernie	24	268	11.2	62	2.6	330	13.8	155	6.5	38	1.6	21	47	116	4.8	70	766
28	Reeves, Michael	3	11	3.7	3	1.0	14	4.7	6	2.0	0	0.0	0	6	3	1.0	2	20
9	Rendell, Matthew	23	294	12.8	145	6.3	439	19.1	132	5.7	623	27.1	105	52	9	0.4	4	58
1	Roos, Paul	23	235	10.2	140	6.1	375	16.3	111	4.8	5	0.2	32	31	22	1.0	19	151
19	Scott, Mark	4	25	6.3	10	2.5	35	8.8	16	4.0	10	2.5	4	3	7	1.8	6	48
10	Serafini, Laurie	18	135	7.5	113	6.3	248	13.8	66	3.7	2	0.1	38	20	0	0.0	0	0
21	Sidebottom, Garry	22	210	9.5	114	5.2	324	14.7	92	4.2	121	5.5	34	60	24	1.1	18	162
4	Thornton, Ross	20	179	9.0	69	3.5	248	12.4	43	2.2	1	0.1	40	30	0	0.0	3	3
29	Wilson, Garry	21	281	13.4	155	7.4	436	20.8	122	5.8	1	0.0	53	34	38	1.8	29	257
Totals		480	4927	10.3	2244	4.7	7171	14.9	1559	3.2	894	1.9	826	825	409	0.9	322	2776