1971 VFL Season Round 22: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1971 between Footscray and St Kilda during round twenty-two of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors with Bob Murray as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Footscray (10.14.74) were defeated by St Kilda (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,711

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 10.14.74 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 3 . 8 6 . 9 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
St Kilda 2 . 9 4 . 11 12 . 18 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin STKL by 6 STKL by 9 STKL by 45 STKL by 16 STKL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 0 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 15 11 5 2
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 3 1 27 22 5 2 0 4 3
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 4 0 2 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 4 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 4 0 1 6
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 9 0 1 1
17 Radziminski, Richard ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 1 0 7 4
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 4 6 1 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 5 0 0 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 2 5 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 32 30 2 2 0 8 6
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 7 5 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 14 257 229 28 68 24 47 49

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 1
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 4 3 19 16 3 8 0 2 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 3 2 26 21 5 11 8 2 7
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 2 20 20 0 3 0 5 3
31 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 8 13 2 2
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 0
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 7 0 4 4
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 5 0 4 2
6 Murray, Bob (vc) ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 1
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 1 2 0 6
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 1 1
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 4 2
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 4 24 23 1 3 0 6 6
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 1
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 3 0 8 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 18 276 245 31 77 23 49 47

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