1971 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 1971 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

South Melbourne (18.15.123) were defeated by Footscray (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 3 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 13,325

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 18.15.123 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 6 . 3 10 . 6 13 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Footscray 5 . 2 8 . 3 17 . 8 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin SMLB by 7 SMLB by 15 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 7 3 25 20 5 6 0 3 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 2 0 2 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 1 0 4 0
37 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 0 8 4
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 9 4 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 2
42 Grima, Robert ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 0 2 3
44 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 4 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 3 26 19 7 3 0 2 2
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 8 0 0 2
45 Matthews, Dennis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 McCracken, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 3 0 4 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 4
6 Murphy, John ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 6 0 3 1
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 1 26 22 4 4 1 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 1 3
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 3
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 28 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 15 305 243 62 63 38 44 39

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 2 18 15 3 1 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 10 0 3 3
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 15 15 3 3
25 Godridge, Bill ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 1 0 2 2
33 Keast, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 3 0 4 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 6 0 2 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1
45 Parker, Max ? ? 3 2 7 7 0 3 0 1 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 5 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 1 26 19 7 10 0 4 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 1 2 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 4 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 2
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 1 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 4
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 3 0 5 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 8 2 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 11 276 240 36 83 20 39 44

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