1972 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1972 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round six of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Footscray (16.16.112) defeated Fitzroy (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 6 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,466

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.16.112 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 14 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 6 . 7 9 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin FITZ by 1 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 3 1 21 19 2 2 0 3 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 5 2 2 0
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 1 26 17 9 2 0 7 4
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 0
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 2 1 24 19 5 3 0 2 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 1 0 0 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 14 23 2 2
28 Godridge, Bill ? ? 2 4 23 17 6 3 0 6 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 2 5
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 2
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 3 1 21 17 4 3 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 2 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 3 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 3 24 20 4 11 10 3 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 2
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 3
15 Stamp, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 3 15 14 1 3 0 1 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 16 304 255 49 71 35 41 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 20 0 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 1 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 8 0 1 3
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 5 7 0 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 5
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 0 2 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 7 1 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 4 0 1 6
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 5 0 4 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 1 24 13 11 7 1 3 3
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 7 0 4 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 5 2 9 9 0 5 0 2 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 1 0 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 3 0 3 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 0 2 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 4 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 0 26 18 8 6 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 12 299 228 71 81 30 38 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