1971 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1971 between Footscray and Melbourne during round two of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Footscray (8.15.63) were defeated by Melbourne (16.11.107).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Monday 12 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,707

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.15.63 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 11 7 . 11 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 4 10 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin MELB by 14 FOOT by 7 MELB by 15 MELB by 44 MELB by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 1 3 14 7 7 1 0 3 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 3 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 4 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 7 9 2 0
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 4 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 3 23 21 2 3 0 5 5
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 2 23 22 1 13 0 2 1
17 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 1 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 3 1 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 5 3 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 1 2 6
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 1 0 1 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 36 24 12 8 0 6 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 3 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 15 264 204 60 66 19 43 38

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 2 1 23 15 8 5 0 4 6
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 6 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 3 0 2 2
37 Brown, Bruce ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 2 15 11 4 5 0 2 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 0 24 20 4 1 0 1 5
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 3 0 26 23 3 6 0 3 5
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 3 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 6 5 1 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 8 15 1 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 6 0 2 3
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 1 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 6 0 0 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 2 29 25 4 4 0 4 1
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 11 294 237 57 70 20 38 43

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