1973 VFL Round 1: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1973 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round 1 of the 1973 VFL season. 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
J. Murphy (capt.), G. Austen, N. Brown, N. Dare, W. Irwin, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, K. Murray, B. Padley, G. Renwick, L. Richards, L. Robertson, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, R. Serafini, A. Thompson, D. Wall, G. Wilson

Footscray
D. Thorpe (capt.), G. Austin, L. Bartlett, G. Casey, D. Collins, G. Cook, G. Dempsey, R. Jacks, S. Magee, G. Merrington, M. O'Halloran, C. Pagnoccolo, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, L. Sandilands, G. Simmons, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh

Fitzroy (20.17.137) defeated Footscray (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: G. Wilson (4), A. Ruscuklic (3), W. Irwin (2), D. McMahon (2), G. Renwick (2), A. Thompson (2), D. Wall (2), G. Austen, N. Dare, D. Searl
Footscray: S. Magee (3), R. Jacks (2), B. Quinlan (2), G. Austin, D. Collins, S. Power, L. Sandilands, D. Thorpe

As a result of this match, Fitzroy were then 3rd on the ladder and Footscray were then 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy), Bob Rose (Footscray)
Captains: John Murphy (Fitzroy), David Thorpe (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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