1970 VFL Round 7: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1970 between Footscray and Melbourne during round 7 of the 1970 VFL season. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Stuart Magee captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Footscray
S. Magee (capt.), G. Bisset, G. Casey, G. Cook, D. Darcy, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, G. Joslin, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, C. Pagnoccolo, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh, T. Zeltner

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), B. Bourke, P. Callery, R. Carr, D. Clark, R. Dillon, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, N. Leary, J. Letcher, R. McKenzie, G. Molloy, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, P. Rowlands, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells

Footscray (9.14.68) defeated Melbourne (7.4.46).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Bisset (3), C. Pagnoccolo (3), D. Darcy (2), S. Power
Melbourne: R. Carr (3), R. Dillon (2), G. Molloy (2)

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 7th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,346

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 9.14.68 - 7.4.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Melbourne 2 . 0 3 . 3 7 . 4 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Margin MELB by 3 FOOT by 4 MELB by 7 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), John Beckwith (Melbourne)
Captains: Stuart Magee (Footscray), Frank Davis (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 1
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 7 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 3 20 19 1 4 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 9 9 2 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 3 6 6
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 4 2
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 4 0 2 3
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 1 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 3 6 6 0 3 0 0 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 4 2
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 3 0 4 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 4 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 10 0 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 2 3 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 4 0 6 6
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 3 2 4
29 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 14 291 259 32 73 17 56 40

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 4 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 3 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 3 0 6 6 0 2 0 3 2
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 2 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 4 0 5 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 0 5
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 2 3
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 2
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 3
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 7 0 4 9
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 15 0 5 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 4
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 8 3 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 4 242 211 31 67 14 40 56

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s