1971 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1971 between Collingwood and Footscray during round one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Terry Waters captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Collingwood (25.10.160) defeated Footscray (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 3 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 27,829

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 25.10.160 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 11 . 2 16 . 6 20 . 8 25 . 10 25 . 10 (160)
Footscray 4 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin COLL by 43 COLL by 69 COLL by 77 COLL by 83 COLL by 83
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Terry Waters
Vice-Captain: Barry Price (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 5 0 1 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 0
4 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 7 1 1 3
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 2 4 2 2
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 0 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 16 1 4
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 4 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 0
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 1 0
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 0
5 Price, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 2 0 1 3
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3
2 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 4 2 45 33 12 5 0 7 1
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 4 1 17 14 3 4 8 4 2
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 9 1 40 29 11 7 0 2 3
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 5 3 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 25 10 314 253 61 72 32 33 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 1 18 15 3 2 0 2 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 3 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 0
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 3 19 16 3 4 0 4 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 0 2 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 1
39 Newman, Clive ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 5 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 2 2 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 7 6 2 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 3 0 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 4 0 0 3
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 32 24 8 10 0 2 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 4 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 11 272 219 53 64 15 36 31

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