1972 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1972 between Geelong and Footscray during round seven of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Geelong (15.18.108) were defeated by Footscray (16.15.111).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 13 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,836

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 15.18.108 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 8 8 . 8 11 . 15 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Footscray 2 . 4 5 . 10 8 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 21 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 0 1
5 Barkley, David ? ? 3 2 17 12 5 6 1 2 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 8 7 1 4
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 23 22 1 4 0 4 1
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 1 0 0 4
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 13 10 1 4
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 3 5
8 Lindquist, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 29 25 4 6 0 5 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 1 27 12 15 9 0 2 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 4 3 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 3 4 20 16 4 13 0 1 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 4 1
20 Stephenson, Doug ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 1 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 3 3
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 2 5 10 10 0 8 0 0 3
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 4 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 18 331 249 82 97 22 37 46

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 2
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 2 2 16 15 1 8 0 3 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 0 28 25 3 3 0 2 4
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 5 0 4 5
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 3 0
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 5 20 17 3 1 0 3 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 10 25 3 0
28 Godridge, Bill ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 3 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 4 5
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 0
49 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 3 19 18 1 6 0 2 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 9 4 3 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 1 4 3
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 32 26 6 6 0 3 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 10 0 1 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 15 309 258 51 81 31 45 37

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