1971 VFL Round 12: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1971 between Footscray and Collingwood during round 12 of the 1971 VFL season. 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
G. Dempsey (capt.), G. Austin, G. Bisset, G. Casey, D. Darcy, C. Dell, B. Godridge, J. Keast, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, G. Merrington, S. Power, B. Quinlan, L. Rippon, B. Round, L. Sandilands, C. Shaw, G. Simmons, H. Skreja, D. Thorpe

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, J. Clifton, R. Dean, M. Delahunty, R. Dunne, P. Eakins, J. Greening, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, D. O'Callaghan, P. Pettigrew, T. Potter, R. Rose, L. Thompson, G. Tredrea, D. Tuddenham, R. Wearmouth

Footscray (8.15.63) defeated Collingwood (6.10.46).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Merrington (4), G. Bisset, B. Quinlan, C. Shaw, D. Thorpe
Collingwood: R. Dean, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, W. Richardson, D. Tuddenham, R. Wearmouth

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 8th on the ladder and Collingwood were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Bob Rose (Collingwood)
Captains: Gary Dempsey (Footscray), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Footscray), Barry Price (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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