1973 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1973 between Footscray and Collingwood during round two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Footscray (11.16.82) were defeated by Collingwood (14.18.102).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 14 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,794

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.16.82 - 14.18.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 7 3 . 9 9 . 15 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Collingwood 1 . 1 5 . 6 8 . 10 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Margin FOOT by 6 COLL by 9 FOOT by 11 COLL by 20 COLL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 2 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 3 0 3 1
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 17 26 3 4
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 30 28 2 1 0 4 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 3 20 16 4 3 0 2 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 3
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 0 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 9 1 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 2 16 13 3 10 4 1 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 3 0 3 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 1 0 4 2
36 Vesty, Carl ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 1 0 1 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 5 0 4 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 16 269 229 40 71 31 34 30

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 6 0 2 4
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 0
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 3 0 1 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 2 4
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 7
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 2 1 1
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 2 21 19 2 12 0 2 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 3 1 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 4 3 9 9 0 4 0 2 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 2 0 2 1
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 1
28 Reichman, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 6 0 1 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 0 39 35 4 9 0 5 2
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 2 21 11 10 6 21 3 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 18 299 242 57 88 30 30 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