1972 VFL Season Round 20: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1972 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round twenty of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

South Melbourne (9.12.66) were defeated by Footscray (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,154

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 9.12.66 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 4 4 . 8 7 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Footscray 2 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 0
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 3 22 13 9 4 0 1 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 4 2 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 13 3 1
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 1 0 2 2
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
43 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 4 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 2 3 18 15 3 3 2 3 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 2 0 1 2
48 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 4 1
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 1 3 15 14 1 6 0 3 4
39 Norris, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 30 29 1 11 0 2 3
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 2 4
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 1 25 23 2 7 0 2 4
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 3 1
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 0 1
50 Woodman, Brian ? ? 2 0 12 12 0 1 0 5 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 12 265 230 35 59 19 42 40

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 3 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 34 23 11 7 0 5 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 1 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 12 33 1 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 2 0 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 8 0 2 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 1 2
39 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 4 1
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 3 0 0 4
46 Pokrovsky, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 22 14 8 7 3 1 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 4 10 3 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 0 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 8 0 3 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 29 24 5 8 0 3 3
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 13 303 248 55 83 47 40 42

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