1971 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1971 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Barry Goodingham captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

North Melbourne (14.15.99) defeated Footscray (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,971

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.15.99 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 9 8 . 12 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Footscray 3 . 5 6 . 7 12 . 11 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin FOOT by 4 NMLB by 14 FOOT by 23 NMLB by 7 NMLB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Goodingham
Coach: Brian Dixon

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Dench, David ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 2
52 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 4 0 7 2
20 Elliott, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 4 0 3 2
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 3 1 19 19 0 4 0 6 3
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 2 0 1 6
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 11 9 1 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 2 0 2
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0
14 Hodgetts, Athol ? ? 5 2 15 12 3 5 0 5 2
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 4
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 1 0 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 0 2 1
32 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 5 0 1 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 0 7 0
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 32 26 6 9 0 5 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 3 28 23 5 4 0 1 4
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 4 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 1 4 0 1
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 2 2 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 318 241 77 74 20 51 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 5 1 21 16 5 2 0 3 3
26 Brown, Don ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 4 0 2 4
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 8 0 1 4
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 8 0 5 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 7 13 0 3
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 3 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 6 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 1 2 3
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 6 3 3 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 4 3 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 1 1 0 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 33 30 3 3 0 9 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 4 2 7
27 Wilson, Trevor ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 2 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 14 279 228 51 73 25 41 51

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