1971 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1971 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round nine of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Fitzroy (17.17.119) defeated Footscray (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 13,255

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 17.17.119 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 10 . 10 11 . 11 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Footscray 5 . 8 5 . 10 9 . 17 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin FOOT by 23 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 41 FITZ by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 11 3 4
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 22 0 5
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 3 22 19 3 4 0 3 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 2 1 22 20 2 5 0 3 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 3 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 2 29 29 0 2 0 5 7
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 5 2 5 3
27 Newton, Jack ? ? 6 1 8 8 0 6 0 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 0 3 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 6 0 4 7
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 3 21 17 4 11 0 4 0
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 2 0 3 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 1 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 2 0 3 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 9 0 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 1 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 17 288 249 39 74 35 47 46

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 5 24 21 3 4 0 1 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 5 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 9 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 11 17 3 3
35 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 3 12 8 4 4 0 1 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 5 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 5 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 2 3
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 2 0 3 2
17 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 2 2 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 4 0 10 7 3 3 3 2 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 0 0 3
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 3
28 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 28 25 3 4 0 4 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 2 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 18 252 207 45 65 24 46 47

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