1972 VFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1972 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. David Dench captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

North Melbourne (8.15.63) were defeated by Footscray (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 9,302

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 8.15.63 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 6 5 . 9 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Footscray 5 . 6 10 . 11 12 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 46 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 1 3 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 7 0 1 4
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 4 2 6 3
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 4 0 0 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 2 25 20 5 5 0 1 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 8 12 4 4
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 11 0 3 4
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 4 7 2 8
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
28 Montgomery, Ron ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
37 Muir, Russell ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 2 0 2 4
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 5 5
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 12 0 2 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 3 28 22 6 7 0 3 5
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 1
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 2 0 5 2
52 Robinson, Peter ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 2 0 1 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 15 274 228 46 85 23 46 52

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 5
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 2 28 22 6 5 0 5 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 2 0 3 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 1 0 2 3
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 0 0 6 1
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 16 24 3 5
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 5 5 5 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 2
39 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 4 23 20 3 10 0 4 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 4 2 2 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 3 5 15 12 3 7 0 3 1
15 Stamp, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 1 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 3
42 Thomas, Ralph ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 5 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 10 1 3 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 15 303 253 50 81 32 52 46

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