1972 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1972 between Footscray and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Doug Wade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Footscray (9.19.73) defeated Geelong (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,699

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 9.19.73 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 0 6 . 10 6 . 12 9 . 19 9 . 19 (73)
Geelong 5 . 2 6 . 2 9 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin GEEL by 14 FOOT by 8 GEEL by 14 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 3 26 23 3 1 0 4 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 2
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 1 0 1 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 4 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 3 0 24 20 4 16 20 7 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 0 0 2 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 2 24 21 3 2 0 6 2
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 3 11 9 2 3 3 1 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 4
39 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 5 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 3 15 9 6 2 0 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 3 1 0 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 27 24 3 2 0 5 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 3 3
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 9 19 271 222 49 49 24 50 37

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 6 0 2 3
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 4
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 7 2 0 3
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 0 14 14 0 5 0 3 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 1 0 3 3
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 2 2 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 7 5 3 3
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 3
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 26 24 2 6 0 1 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 18 10 8 5 1 3 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 1 3 5
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 7 0 4 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 3 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 4
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 7 0 1 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 4 5
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 2 3 7 7 0 4 0 1 3
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 9 250 207 43 84 11 37 50

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