1972 VFL Round 3: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1972 between St Kilda and Footscray during round 3 of the 1972 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Moorabbin Oval. Ross Smith captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

St Kilda
R. Smith (capt.), N. Besanko, B. Breen, A. Davis, G. Elliott, D. Ellis, R. Galt, S. Grambeau, W. Judson, M. Lanyon, J. Manzie, J. McIntosh, J. Moran, B. Mynott, J. O'Dea, T. Payze, S. Rae, G. Scott, J. Stephens, S. Trott

Footscray
G. Dempsey (capt.), G. Austin, L. Bartlett, G. Bisset, G. Casey, B. Cockerell, D. Collins, C. Dell, S. Magee, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, G. Merrington, S. Power, B. Quinlan, L. Rippon, B. Round, L. Sandilands, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh, T. Zeltner

St Kilda (22.7.139) defeated Footscray (12.9.81).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: A. Davis (5), J. Stephens (5), B. Breen (3), G. Scott (3), R. Galt (2), D. Ellis, J. Manzie, J. McIntosh, S. Rae
Footscray: S. Magee (3), L. Sandilands (2), L. Bartlett, G. Bisset, B. Cockerell, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, B. Quinlan, B. Round

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Footscray were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 20,402

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Footscray
Score: 22.7.139 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 2 4 . 2 15 . 5 22 . 7 22 . 7 (139)
Footscray 3 . 0 9 . 1 10 . 3 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 29 STKL by 32 STKL by 58 STKL by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Bob Rose (Footscray)
Captains: Ross Smith (St Kilda), Gary Dempsey (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 4
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 3 1 22 17 5 8 1 2 5
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 5 1 17 14 3 4 0 6 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 6 3
16 Ellis, David ? ? 1 0 17 7 10 4 7 0 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 4 7 1 1
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 2
39 Lanyon, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 2
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 8 3 2 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 18 1 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 26 25 1 8 0 4 5
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 2
35 Scott, Graham ? ? 3 0 10 7 3 5 0 0 1
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 0 1 30 28 2 7 0 5 3
32 Stephens, John ? ? 5 0 10 10 0 3 0 4 1
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 7 288 242 46 77 37 41 39

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 1 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 8 3 2 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 29 27 2 3 0 5 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 1
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 8 23 1 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 3 2 18 15 3 4 0 3 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 5 4
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 1 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 2 0 1 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 1 1 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 7 4 3 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 2 11 10 1 6 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 26 25 1 2 0 6 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 3 6
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 257 232 25 67 31 39 41

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