1971 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1971 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Barry Goodingham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Footscray (22.31.163) defeated North Melbourne (11.5.71).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 10,073

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 22.31.163 - 11.5.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 6 11 . 12 18 . 18 22 . 31 22 . 31 (163)
North Melbourne 2 . 1 3 . 3 7 . 3 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 57 FOOT by 81 FOOT by 92 FOOT by 92
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Goodingham
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Sheen

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 3 2 16 12 4 3 0 1 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 1 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 2
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 2 3 15 13 2 4 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 2 22 16 6 8 11 1 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 4 20 16 4 2 0 4 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 4 0 3 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 4 0
45 Parker, Max ? ? 3 1 6 6 0 3 0 1 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 7 8 35 28 7 7 0 2 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 8 0 0 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 7 4 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 2
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 2 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 2
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 0 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 3 40 31 9 8 0 7 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 6 3 4
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 22 31 348 272 76 89 21 38 31

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 0 2
52 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 2 0 2 3
43 Duthie, John ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 1 4 5 3
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 2 1 0 3
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 5 0 1 3
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 10 2 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 4 1
42 Groenewegen, Leo ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 1 1 0
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 2 0 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 3 1 2 4
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 2
49 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 1
32 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 1 1 17 7 10 7 0 1 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 2 0 5 2
21 Perry, John ? ? 2 1 29 24 5 5 0 3 0
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 1 1 2
5 Scholes, John ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 1
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 0 1
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 5 306 222 84 64 20 31 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