1972 VFL Season Round 19: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1972 between Footscray and Collingwood during round nineteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with, in the absence of Barry Price, deputy vice-captain Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Footscray (7.13.55) were defeated by Collingwood (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 12 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 21,528

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.13.55 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 6 4 . 6 7 . 13 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Collingwood 0 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 6 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin FOOT by 15 COLL by 18 COLL by 11 COLL by 47 COLL by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson (acting)
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 5 21 19 2 2 0 5 4
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 5 0 2 0
38 Cockerell, Bob ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 3 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 14 15 4 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 0 7 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 4 3
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 7 2
39 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 3
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 2 19 18 1 1 0 5 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 10 3 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 1 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 3 0 1 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 3
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 13 270 226 44 70 19 55 40

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 4
36 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 0 3 6
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 5 1 4 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 4 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 3 14 10 4 11 4 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 9 4 19 17 2 10 0 3 7
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 0 0 3 2
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 5
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 2 36 31 5 8 0 4 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 1 30 24 6 7 0 2 4
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 4
35 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 8 0 2 2
3 Thompson, Len (avc) ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 14 25 6 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 12 293 246 47 91 30 40 55

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