1972 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1972 between Melbourne and Footscray during round two of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Melbourne (11.18.84) were defeated by Footscray (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,452

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 11.18.84 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 8 10 . 15 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Footscray 4 . 2 5 . 7 9 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin FOOT by 10 MELB by 1 MELB by 10 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 0 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 3 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 1 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 4 0 1 5
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 3 21 19 2 1 0 2 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 6 2 9 8 1 8 0 0 0
34 Clennett, John ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 9 6 1 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 4 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 14 1 4
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 7 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 9
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 2 8 8 0 0 4 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 10 0 2 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 2 16 13 3 0 0 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 0 6 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 18 274 232 42 73 24 36 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 7 2 2 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 2 22 17 5 4 0 1 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 1 1
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 0
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 4
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 3 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 12 1 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 5 1
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 9 0 2 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 4 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 5
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 3 24 22 2 9 0 1 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 2 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 0 13 12 1 8 3 1 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 5 0 0 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 1 3
43 Vesty, Carl ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 3 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 21 0 6 2 7 1
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 15 270 241 29 79 21 37 36

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