1972 VFL Round 17: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1972 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round 17 of the 1972 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), G. Booth, N. Brown, R. Crow, N. Dare, J. Formosa, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, I. McCulloch, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, B. Padley, L. Richards, G. Robertson, R. Serafini, P. Shanahan, A. Thompson, D. Wall, G. Wilson

Footscray
G. Dempsey (capt.), L. Bartlett, G. Bisset, D. Brown, G. Casey, B. Cockerell, D. Collins, S. Magee, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, G. Merrington, S. Power, B. Quinlan, L. Rippon, B. Round, L. Sandilands, C. Shaw, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh, T. Zeltner

Fitzroy (15.12.102) defeated Footscray (11.15.81).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: P. Shanahan (4), J. Murphy (2), R. Serafini (2), D. Wall (2), N. Dare, J. Formosa, W. Irwin, I. McCulloch, G. Wilson
Footscray: B. Quinlan (3), L. Sandilands (3), G. Bisset, D. Brown, D. Collins, A. Mannix, D. Thorpe

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

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 9,574

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 15.12.102 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 9 . 6 13 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Footscray 3 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FITZ by 2 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 27 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy), Bob Rose (Footscray)
Captains: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Gary Dempsey (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Artso

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 2 2 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 17 1 6
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 7 0 2 0
16 Formosa, John ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 6 0 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 7 0 1 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 6 0 2 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 2 1 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 0 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 19 18 1 4 0 3 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 5 5
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 1 0
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 9 0 2 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
19 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 5 0 0 4
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 0 3 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 7 0 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 1 33 23 10 6 0 5 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 12 328 255 73 88 21 32 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 28 20 8 3 0 2 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 4
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 4 0 4 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 9 17 1 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 0 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 4 0 1 2
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 5 3 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 1 0 1 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 3 0 3 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 5 1 4 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 3 4 12 10 2 5 0 2 2
32 Shaw, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 1 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 3
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 15 291 236 55 61 23 36 32

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