1971 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1971 between Melbourne and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (11.13.79) were defeated by Footscray (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 26 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,471

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 11.13.79 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 8 6 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Footscray 2 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin MELB by 15 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 1 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 6 0 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 2
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 2 0 2 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 2 27 27 0 9 0 4 1
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 2 0 2 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 3 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 3 3 0 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 14 0 1
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 2 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 9 0 2 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 3 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 2 31 24 7 7 0 3 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 10 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 13 257 218 39 82 19 26 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 0 14 14 0 5 0 2 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 9 0 1 5
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 0
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 1 3 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 4 0 23 19 4 12 19 2 1
25 Godridge, Bill ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Keast, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 0 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 0
45 Parker, Max ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 27 24 3 3 1 8 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 6 0 3 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 10 0 0 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 2 10 2 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 1 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 37 32 5 5 2 5 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 6 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 8 268 232 36 81 41 31 26

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