1973 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-1-14, P%: 88.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Laurie Sandilands (34)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Gary Dempsey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): David Thorpe

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 5 R08, R13-R15, R21 2
Austin, Graeme #31 6 R01-R04, R06-R07 1
Baker, Garry #27 13 R02-R03, R05-R09, R12-R13, R15, R19-R21 9
Bartlett, Les #20 12 R01-R10, R12, R22 5
Boyd, Colin #44 10 R05-R10, R13-R15, R19 0
Brown, Don #26 3 R19-R21 1
Carroll, Ted #35 1 R13 0
Casey, Gordon #10 21 R01-R04, R06-R22 0
Collins, Dennis #48 18 R01-R09, R11-R15, R17-R19, R22 13
Cook, Graeme #34 10 R01-R02, R05-R06, R10, R16-R20 3
Dell, Colin #12 12 R03-R04, R10-R14, R18-R22 0
Dempsey, Gary #24 20 R01-R05, R07-R12, R14-R22 10
Dunstan, Ian #32 3 R08-R09, R18 0
Frei, Harry #40 6 R03-R04, R06-R07, R11-R12 0
Gallagher, Adrian #17 21 R02-R22 16
Gingell, Glenn #37 15 R04-R13, R16-R17, R20-R22 13
Jacks, Ron #25 11 R01, R03-R05, R09-R12, R16-R18 5
Keast, John #1 4 R11, R13-R14, R22 2
Magee, Stuart #23 20 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R22 14
Merrington, Gary #19 20 R01-R07, R10-R22 8
Morrison, Ian #39 4 R12-R15 6
O'Halloran, Max #5 3 R01, R05, R16 0
Pagnoccolo, Charles #6 11 R01-R03, R05, R09-R15 10
Power, Stephen #21 20 R01-R02, R04-R17, R19-R22 5
Quinlan, Bernie #2 20 R01-R04, R07-R22 20
Rasmussen, Ivan #11 11 R12-R22 18
Rippon, Laurie #11 2 R05-R06 0
Rose, Robert #22 9 R10-R12, R14-R18, R22 2
Round, Barry #14 8 R01-R04, R11, R16-R18 11
Salmon, Ian #18 22 R01-R22 14
Sandilands, Laurie #9 16 R01-R09, R15-R21 34
Simmons, Grant #29 5 R01, R06-R08, R16 0
Steel, Gary #33 4 R19-R22 3
Stoneham, Alan #3 12 R01-R02, R07-R11, R18-R22 4
Thorpe, David #16 22 R01-R22 16
Vesty, Carl #36 2 R02, R15 0
Welsh, Peter #4 22 R01-R22 18
Wickson, Ian #49 2 R17-R18 0
Wilkins, Terry #38 14 R03-R10, R14, R16-R17, R20-R22 1

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Rose, Bob 22 7 -1- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1973 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 50 Bob Rose David Thorpe
14/04/1973 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 Bob Rose David Thorpe
23/04/1973 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 17 Bob Rose David Thorpe
28/04/1973 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 48 Bob Rose David Thorpe
05/05/1973 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 16 Bob Rose David Thorpe
12/05/1973 Round 6 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 18 Bob Rose David Thorpe
19/05/1973 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 3 Bob Rose David Thorpe
26/05/1973 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Bob Rose David Thorpe
04/06/1973 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 6 Bob Rose David Thorpe
09/06/1973 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 26 Bob Rose David Thorpe
16/06/1973 Round 11 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 51 Bob Rose David Thorpe
23/06/1973 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 14 Bob Rose David Thorpe
30/06/1973 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 5 Bob Rose David Thorpe
07/07/1973 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 35 Bob Rose David Thorpe
14/07/1973 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 62 Bob Rose David Thorpe
21/07/1973 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 20 Bob Rose David Thorpe
28/07/1973 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 49 Bob Rose David Thorpe
04/08/1973 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 24 Bob Rose David Thorpe
11/08/1973 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 6 Bob Rose David Thorpe
18/08/1973 Round 20 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 37 Bob Rose David Thorpe
25/08/1973 Round 21 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 9 Bob Rose David Thorpe
01/09/1973 Round 22 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Bob Rose David Thorpe