1972 VFL Season Round 17: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1972 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (15.12.102) defeated Footscray (11.15.81).

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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