1972 VFL Season Round 21: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1972 between Footscray and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (17.21.123) were defeated by Richmond (18.17.125).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,117

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 17.21.123 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 9 . 10 13 . 14 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Richmond 10 . 2 15 . 4 17 . 12 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin RICH by 43 RICH by 30 RICH by 22 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bob Rose

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 3 38 33 5 3 0 4 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 3 0 4 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 7 20 2 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 1 1
5 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 1 3 17 10 7 4 0 3 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 0
39 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 2 0 4 0
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 1 0 3 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 7 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 1 5 4
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 7 9 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 5 4 16 15 1 9 0 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 5 0 2 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 2 34 33 1 3 0 4 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 6 0
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 21 309 263 46 70 30 48 28

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 2 5 0 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 7 3 24 23 1 2 0 4 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 2 5
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 2 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 3 1 13 7 6 0 0 0 2
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 4 0 2 5
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 1 2 2
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 1 1 5
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 32 1 2
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 2 3 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 2 0 2 5
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 6 0 1 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 4
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 23 20 3 5 0 1 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 3 0 4 0
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 17 253 211 42 46 39 28 48

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