Bob Merrick

Infobox afl player | firstname = Bob
lastname = Merrick




birthdate = 23 July 1893
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originalteam = Port Melbourne
heightweight = 175cm / 73 kg
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debutdate = 1919
debutteam = Fitzroy
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playingteams = Fitzroy (1919-22, 1926)
* 59 games, 181 goals
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statsend = 1926
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Robert 'Bob' Merrick (born 23 July 1893) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL.

Merrick was originally from Sydney and prior to joining Fitzroy played his football with Port Melbourne, finishing the 1915 VFA season as the league's leading goalkicker. He debuted for Fitzroy in 1919 and playing as a full-forward, topped Fitzroy's goalkicking every year until he left in 1922, with 42, 53, 32 and 47 goals respectively. Unlucky not to play in a premiership, he missed out on the Maroon's 1922 premiership side due to a knee injury.

He shares with Jack Moriarty the record for most goals in a match by a Fitzroy player, kicking a bag of 12 goals in his club's Round 16 encounter with Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval in 1919. Merrick made a brief comeback in 1926 but could only managed five games.

References

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*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers". 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.