1971 VFL Round 20: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1971 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round 20 of the 1971 VFL season. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Footscray
G. Dempsey (capt.), G. Bisset, D. Brown, G. Casey, B. Cockerell, C. Dell, S. Magee, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, R. McGowan, C. Pagnoccolo, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, L. Sandilands, G. Simmons, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), N. Brown, R. Crow, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, T. McGregor, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, B. Padley, D. Rhodes, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, R. Sault, D. Searl, P. Shanahan, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg

Footscray (11.9.75) were defeated by Fitzroy (15.20.110).

Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Sandilands (4), G. Bisset (3), C. Dell, C. Pagnoccolo, B. Quinlan, B. Round
Fitzroy: B. Padley (5), P. Shanahan (4), N. Brown (2), R. Crow, T. Lloyd, J. Murphy, K. Murray

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 7th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,096

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.9.75 - 15.20.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Fitzroy 2 . 4 7 . 11 8 . 17 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Margin FOOT by 18 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 35 FITZ by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy)
Captains: Gary Dempsey (Footscray), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Henry

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 22 21 1 1 0 3 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 0 3
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
48 Dell, Colin ? ? 1 2 14 14 0 5 0 2 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 10 8 2 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 3 0 5 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 2 1
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 1
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 1 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 8 1 0 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 5 1 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 6 0 0 3
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 28 25 3 9 0 3 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 2 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 262 214 48 81 12 28 34

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 4 20 2 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 13 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 7 0 2 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 30 27 3 3 0 6 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 1 23 20 3 3 0 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 5 4 26 24 2 4 0 3 1
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 4
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 2 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 2 20 19 1 7 0 3 0
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 3 0
38 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 4 5 16 12 4 6 0 1 0
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 2 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 20 303 247 56 81 33 34 28

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