1972 VFL Round 22: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1972 between Carlton and Footscray during round 22 of the 1972 VFL season. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), B. Crosswell, D. Dickson, B. Doull, A. Gallagher, K. Hall, P. Hall, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, G. Kennedy, T. Keogh, A. Lukas, D. McKay, J. O'Connell, P. Pinnell, I. Robertson, G. Southby

Footscray
G. Dempsey (capt.), G. Austin, G. Bisset, D. Brown, G. Casey, D. Collins, C. Dell, S. Magee, G. Merrington, C. Pagnoccolo, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, L. Sandilands, G. Steel, A. Stoneham, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh, T. Zeltner

Carlton (13.8.86) defeated Footscray (11.17.83).

Goalkickers
Carlton: G. Kennedy (5), T. Keogh (2), R. Walls (2), A. Gallagher, P. Jones, A. Lukas, J. Nicholls
Footscray: B. Quinlan (5), G. Dempsey (2), S. Magee (2), G. Bisset, B. Round

As a result of this match, Carlton remained 1st on the ladder and Footscray remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 2 September 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 24,619

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 13.8.86 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 1 7 . 3 10 . 3 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Footscray 2 . 5 7 . 11 9 . 16 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin CARL by 14 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 7 CARL by 3 CARL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Nicholls (Carlton), Bob Rose (Footscray)
Captains: John Nicholls (Carlton), Gary Dempsey (Footscray)
Vice-Captains: Robert Walls (Carlton), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Artso

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 6 0 4 3
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 4 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 25 25 0 7 0 1 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 1
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 4 0 3 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 6 5 0 1
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 5 3 12 11 1 8 0 0 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 2 0 2 2
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 2 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 9 12 5 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 7 2 3
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 2 4
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 4 2
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 10 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 8 270 224 46 87 24 43 40

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 1 0 0 2
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 4 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 4 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 9 26 2 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 0 22 17 5 4 0 6 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 2
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 1 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 6 28 24 4 12 0 1 4
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 5 6 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 4 10 9 1 4 0 3 1
29 Steel, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 4 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 3 3
28 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 17 291 240 51 79 32 40 43

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