1972 VFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1972 between Collingwood and Footscray during round eight of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Collingwood (7.14.56) were defeated by Footscray (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 25,986

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Footscray
Score: 7.14.56 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 1 4 . 7 6 . 10 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Footscray 4 . 5 7 . 6 9 . 11 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Barry Price
Coach: Neil Mann

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 6 1
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 0
36 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 3 0 4 4
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 2
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 2 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 6 0 2 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 12 3 1 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 1 4 11 10 1 5 0 1 4
23 McOrist, Ian ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 2 0 4 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 7 0 3 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 0
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 1 0 1 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 6 0 1 5
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 3 21 19 2 5 0 3 5
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
35 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 3
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 2 18 14 4 8 35 3 2
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
20 Vickery, John ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 4 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 14 290 239 51 77 38 45 42

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 2 0 1 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 4 0 1 3
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 1 23 21 2 5 0 4 2
44 Boyle, Stephen ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 7 0 1 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 1 3
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 2 0 1 3
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 3 0 5 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 8 14 2 3
28 Godridge, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 5 0 3 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 5 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 3 27 18 9 6 0 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 7 4 0 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 4 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 4 33 29 4 5 2 3 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 3 2
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 14 330 283 47 76 20 42 45

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