1971 VFL Round 2: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1971 between Footscray and Melbourne during round 2 of the 1971 VFL season. 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
G. Dempsey (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Austin, G. Bisset, D. Darcy, G. Joslin, S. Magee, R. McGowan, G. Merrington, S. Power, B. Quinlan, R. Radziminski, L. Rippon, B. Round, I. Salmon, L. Sandilands, C. Shaw, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, B. Brown, L. Burgmann, P. Callery, R. Carr, D. Clark, J. Gallus, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, G. Lakes, R. McKenzie, G. Molloy, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, P. Weekes

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

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Quinlan (5), G. Austin, B. Round, C. Shaw
Melbourne: P. Callery (3), D. Clark (3), S. Alves (2), B. Bourke (2), G. Parke (2), L. Burgmann, J. Gallus, R. McKenzie, J. Townsend

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Ian Ridley (Melbourne)
Captains: Gary Dempsey (Footscray), Frank Davis (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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