1972 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1972 between Footscray and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Footscray (11.8.74) were defeated by Melbourne (16.15.111).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,184

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.8.74 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Melbourne 6 . 3 8 . 5 14 . 8 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 13 MELB by 44 MELB by 37 MELB by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 1 1 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 0 16 16 0 1 0 3 1
44 Boyle, Stephen ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 1
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 1 0 3 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 0 0
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 8 4 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 7 9 4 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 2 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 3 4 13 13 0 8 0 3 2
15 Stamp, Ray ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 2 0 3 3
42 Thomas, Ralph ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 4 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 0 16 15 1 6 0 0 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 9 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 8 272 237 35 68 21 39 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 5 0 0 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 4 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 3 18 15 3 6 0 3 3
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 4 1 0 3
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 0 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 4
5 Gallus, John ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 4 11 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 0 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 5 12 0 2
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 2 1 1
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 1
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 7 0 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 4 1 14 11 3 8 0 2 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 3 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 0 0 1 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 2 31 27 4 6 1 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 295 255 40 85 27 26 40

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