1971 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1971 between Footscray and Essendon during round eight of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Johnny Birt.

Footscray (17.17.119) defeated Essendon (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,295

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 17.17.119 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 13 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Essendon 2 . 1 6 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin FOOT by 20 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Johnny Birt

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 4 0 4 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 12 9 0 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 38 27 11 9 0 3 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 2 5
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 1
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 2 0 1 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 3 21 19 2 9 0 3 4
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 3 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 5 3 1 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 4 2 6 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 1 0
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 5 2
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 1 3 12 8 4 2 0 3 2
28 Stillman, Les ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 1 0 2 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 41 33 8 9 0 5 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 17 341 266 75 89 19 44 36

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Anderson, Ian ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 5 0 0 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 0 0 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 8 0 2 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 2
41 Dodson, Bruce ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 4 0 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 5 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 5 0 1 5
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 26 24 2 4 0 4 1
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 6 3 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 5 10 2 6
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 0 10 10 0 5 0 2 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 1 1 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 3 0 5 3
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 2 0 3 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 0 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 4 0 1 0
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 7 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 7 282 258 24 91 17 36 44

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