1971 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1971 between Footscray and Geelong during round ten of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Footscray (19.10.124) defeated Geelong (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 11,672

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 19.10.124 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 5 . 7 12 . 9 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Geelong 5 . 5 7 . 8 12 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin GEEL by 20 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 3 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 1 23 20 3 7 0 1 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 9 0 2 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 4 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 8 11 3 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 6 0 3 3
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 4
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 5 2 12 11 1 8 0 0 2
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 1 27 24 3 3 0 6 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 2 28 24 4 16 0 3 3
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 2 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 9 5 4 5 4 2 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 3
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0
28 Stillman, Les ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 3 34 25 9 4 0 5 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 2 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 10 298 235 63 88 19 40 39

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 7 3 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 15 15 0 6 0 1 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 31 28 3 9 0 5 1
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 0 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 2 33 27 6 7 0 3 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 7 3 5
32 Harris, David ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 1 0 6 4
13 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
27 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 8 2 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 3 22 10 12 8 2 1 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 3 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 3 0 34 26 8 16 0 4 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 3 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 1 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 5 15 12 3 7 0 3 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 2 5
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 3 1 20 17 3 4 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 14 326 253 73 87 19 40 39

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