1971 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1971 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round three of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (14.15.99) defeated South Melbourne (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,003

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
South Melbourne 1 . 0 5 . 4 10 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin FOOT by 17 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Goal Umpires

T. Johnson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 1 0 5 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 3 1
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 2 0 4 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 8 11 4 2
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 7 0 4 4
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 3 2 5
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 2 29 27 2 5 0 7 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 4 0 4 6
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 3 18 17 1 8 1 3 2
17 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 4 2 0
45 Rohde, Bruce ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 2 16 11 5 5 0 4 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 2 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 3 5
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 33 28 5 7 0 9 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 15 313 252 61 70 21 63 52

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 5 26 19 7 5 0 5 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 5 1 5 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
42 Grima, Robert ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 0 0 4 1
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 4 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 1 27 23 4 1 0 4 5
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 2 4
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 2 0 5 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 3
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 4 2
18 Page, Ron ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 12
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 2 1 16 15 1 5 0 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 4 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 2 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 3 8
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 26 3 4
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 9 276 228 48 48 27 52 63

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