1972 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1972 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round four of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. David Dench captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Footscray (15.10.100) defeated North Melbourne (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,827

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 15.10.100 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
North Melbourne 2 . 2 7 . 5 10 . 8 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin FOOT by 19 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 9 3 2 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 2 19 17 2 3 0 2 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 3 2
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 2 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 17 14 1 2
28 Godridge, Bill ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 4 0 2 5
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 3 16 13 3 2 0 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 2
35 Marks, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 5 0 2 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 1 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 2 20 18 2 10 3 5 5
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
42 Thomas, Ralph ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 32 25 7 7 0 2 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 11 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 10 316 270 46 94 20 39 51

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 1 2 0
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 4 2
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 4 2 24 20 4 7 0 1 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 7 2 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 4 0 7 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 2
31 Hall, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 9 7 4
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 4
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 3 17 12 5 3 1 2 4
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 1 0 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 6 1
22 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 4 1 13 9 4 7 0 0 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 4 0
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 2
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 3 17 15 2 3 0 2 0
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 1 3 23 20 3 10 0 5 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 5 0 4
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 291 239 52 80 23 51 39

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