1972 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1972 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (12.9.81) defeated South Melbourne (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,891

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.9.81 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
South Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 5 4 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 1 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 1 1 3
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 28 23 5 5 0 5 1
44 Boyle, Stephen ? ? 2 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 7 0 4 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 9 0 0 2
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 1 0 18 18 0 2 0 2 3
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 4 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 15 13 3 2
17 Fox, Bob ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1
28 Godridge, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 3 0 1 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 27 19 8 8 0 5 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 1 16 12 4 9 5 1 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 1
15 Stamp, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 29 27 2 7 0 5 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 26 1 9 0 6 3
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 9 317 270 47 89 19 41 40

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 3 0
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 1 22 18 4 8 0 3 1
24 Bell, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 4 0 1
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 2 2 5
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 12 0 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 3 6
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 4 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 3
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 1 7 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 2
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 6 0 1 2
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 3 1 13 13 0 7 0 2 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 2 27 24 3 6 0 0 2
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 5 0 3 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 9 0 0 2
42 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 6 1
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 10 281 245 36 79 19 40 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