1973 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1973 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts. David Thorpe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Fitzroy (20.17.137) defeated Footscray (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 14,988

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 20.17.137 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 7 . 6 12 . 6 17 . 14 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Footscray 3 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 8 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin FITZ by 26 FITZ by 36 FITZ by 66 FITZ by 50 FITZ by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 7 5 5
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 7 0 1 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 3 22 19 3 2 0 0 5
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 14 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 3 15 13 2 4 1 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 1 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 2 0 0 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 0 0 30 25 5 5 0 3 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 3
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 2 2 7 4 3 4 0 0 6
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 10 2 1 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 3 0 1 4
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 2 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 1 18 18 0 2 0 5 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 2 1 14 8 6 4 0 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 2 18 14 4 1 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 17 298 228 70 65 27 35 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 1 0 0 2
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 2
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 8 33 2 2
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 0 0 5 4
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 3 0 25 20 5 2 0 7 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 2 0 3 2
5 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 4 0 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 4 16 15 1 9 1 0 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 9 10 1 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 3
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 1 3 30 26 4 6 0 4 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 15 245 207 38 64 44 39 35

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