1971 VFL Season Round 7: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1971 between Carlton and Footscray during round seven of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at VFL Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Carlton (12.19.91) defeated Footscray (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 29,199

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 12.19.91 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 4 7 . 10 9 . 14 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 7 10 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin CARL by 1 CARL by 27 FOOT by 1 CARL by 12 CARL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 2 26 21 5 3 0 1 3
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 3 1 21 21 0 5 0 2 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 3
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 9
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 10 14 0 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 5 3 15 15 0 4 0 1 1
16 Lawson-Smith, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 1 1 0
49 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 9 0 1 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 3 15 11 4 2 12 3 8
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 0 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 3 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 1 26 26 0 9 1 5 4
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 0 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 2 2
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 5 26 21 5 9 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 19 289 234 55 74 28 29 48

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 4 0 6 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 11 13 4 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 2 0 2 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 6 0 4 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 1 1 3
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 3 0 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 4 22 19 3 12 0 1 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 4 3 3
45 Rohde, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 2 8 7 1 3 3 3 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 4 2 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 5 0 1 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 33 28 5 5 0 7 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 287 228 59 79 23 49 29

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