1971 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1971 between Footscray and Collingwood during round twelve of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. In the absence of Terry Waters, vice-captain Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Footscray (8.15.63) defeated Collingwood (6.10.46).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 19 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,188

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Collingwood
Score: 8.15.63 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 4 . 6 6 . 8 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Collingwood 0 . 2 2 . 3 3 . 9 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin FOOT by 5 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson (acting)
Vice-Captain: Barry Price (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 0 0 1 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 28 24 4 9 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 8 0 2 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 2 1
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 3 12 7 5 2 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 19 10 2 4
25 Godridge, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Keast, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 3 4 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 3 1
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 4 0 14 10 4 7 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 3 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 4 27 25 2 7 0 4 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 3 0 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 1 4 2 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 2 4
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 5 0 1 3
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 15 288 240 48 88 20 38 41

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 2
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 3
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 3
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 1 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 2 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 9 14 3 4
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 4 0 1 2
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 5 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 2
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 0
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 2
5 Price, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 0 32 17 15 2 1 1 1
2 Richardson, Wayne (ac) ? ? 1 3 46 39 7 10 0 6 3
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 5 14 5 2
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 2 26 23 3 4 0 2 2
35 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 1 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 10 317 260 57 69 29 41 38

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