1972 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1972 between Footscray and St Kilda during round fifteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Footscray (14.7.91) defeated St Kilda (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 15 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,655

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 14.7.91 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 12 . 4 13 . 7 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
St Kilda 3 . 1 4 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 50 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 1 3 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 0 20 19 1 3 0 2 1
44 Boyle, Stephen ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 4 0 4 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 4 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 2 0 3 3
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 1 2 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 7 20 0 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 4 3
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 5 0 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 3 0 0 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 0 13 10 3 6 5 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 4 4 14 13 1 8 0 2 1
29 Steel, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
42 Thomas, Ralph ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 3 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 8 0 6 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 7 291 250 41 71 32 41 38

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 1 4 4
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 2 0 3 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 18 2 1
16 Ellis, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 5
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 7 3 1
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 3 3 0 3
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 3
44 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 2
26 Manzie, John ? ? 2 1 17 17 0 4 0 0 4
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 3 20 16 4 4 0 2 2
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 2 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 1 0 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 2 30 26 4 4 0 4 0
32 Stephens, John ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 1
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 2 29 21 8 10 0 5 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 7 0 5 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 11 288 249 39 72 30 39 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