1972 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1972 between Essendon and Footscray during round twelve of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (14.15.99) were defeated by Footscray (19.19.133).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,903

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 14.15.99 - 19.19.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 8 . 8 11 . 9 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Footscray 1 . 8 8 . 11 12 . 13 19 . 19 19 . 19 (133)
Margin ESSE by 5 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 5 0 2 5
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 11 3 15 14 1 8 0 2 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 2 0 2 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 7 0 0 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 6 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 4 1
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 5 2 2 4
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 10 6 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 2 0 3 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 4 3 5
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 6 12 1 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 2 20 19 1 4 0 7 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 3 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 230 208 22 55 28 52 45

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 1 0 2 2
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 1 3 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 1 21 17 4 3 0 5 2
44 Boyle, Stephen ? ? 2 2 8 8 0 1 0 2 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 2 0 2 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 5
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 0 0 3 3
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 2 0 3 2
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 0
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 2 2 18 16 2 11 5 2 4
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 29 25 4 2 0 3 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
39 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 4 28 23 5 9 0 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 8 12 3 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 5 2 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 7 1 12 11 1 3 0 3 5
42 Thomas, Ralph ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 19 285 236 49 60 23 45 52

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