1972 VFL Round 13: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1972 between Footscray and Melbourne during round 13 of the 1972 VFL season. 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
G. Dempsey (capt.), G. Austin, L. Bartlett, G. Bisset, S. Boyle, D. Brown, G. Casey, B. Cockerell, D. Collins, G. Cook, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, L. Sandilands, R. Stamp, R. Thomas, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, R. Brewer, L. Burgmann, P. Callery, M. Collins, J. Gallus, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, S. Kerley, J. Letcher, R. McKenzie, S. McSpeerin, G. Molloy, G. Parke, T. Sullivan, J. Tilbrook, G. Wells

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

Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Sandilands (3), G. Bisset (2), D. Thorpe (2), S. Boyle, B. Quinlan, B. Round, R. Stamp
Melbourne: G. Parke (4), J. Tilbrook (3), G. Wells (3), L. Burgmann (2), S. Alves, J. Gallus, P. Keenan, G. Molloy

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 7th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Ian Ridley (Melbourne)
Captains: Gary Dempsey (Footscray), Frank Davis (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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