1972 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1972 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Footscray (9.13.67) were defeated by Essendon (18.20.128).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Monday 3 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 27,935

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 9.13.67 - 18.20.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 6 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Essendon 7 . 7 7 . 12 14 . 17 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Margin ESSE by 34 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 61 ESSE by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 1 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 ? 1 3
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 2 21 18 3 2 ? 4 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 ? 1 2
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 0 ? 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 ? 3 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 ? 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 1 ? 0 1
35 Marks, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 0 0
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 ? 1 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 ? 3 1
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 0 ? 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 ? 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 3 ? 2 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 ? 0 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 11 ? 1 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 ? 4 5
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 1 28 25 3 5 ? 10 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 4 ? 5 6
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 ? 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 13 264 222 42 52 0+ 46 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 7 5 17 17 0 10 ? 1 1
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 0 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 4 ? 2 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 ? 5 2
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 2 23 23 0 7 ? 4 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 ? 1 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 ? 1 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 1 ? 1 5
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 ? 3 1
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 ? 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 ? 2 6
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 ? 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 3 21 18 3 7 ? 5 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 ? 0 3
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 6 ? 3 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 ? 5 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 ? 1 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 5 ? 2 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 ? 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 20 272 235 37 71 0+ 38 43

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