1973 VFL Season Round 3: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1973 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round three of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. David Thorpe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

South Melbourne (17.16.118) were defeated by Footscray (20.15.135).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Monday 23 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 13,354

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 17.16.118 - 20.15.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 8 . 7 13 . 10 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Footscray 6 . 4 13 . 10 18 . 13 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Margin FOOT by 13 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 5 3 31 23 8 7 0 1 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 6 2 2 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 9 0 2 3
30 Craighead, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 7 2 2
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 8 0 1 3
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 6 12 1 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 3 3 29 28 1 4 0 5 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 3 0 0 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 30 28 2 7 0 6 3
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 3 2
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 3
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 3 3 11 11 0 4 0 0 0
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 1 29 25 4 7 0 5 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 12 0 3 5
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 16 298 259 39 90 21 39 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 4
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 3 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 4 0 0 4
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 7 33 8 2
40 Frei, Harry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 0 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 2 26 25 1 6 0 5 2
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 1 3 16 10 6 2 0 2 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 21 21 0 4 0 5 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 0 0 1 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 5 1 25 18 7 6 3 2 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 4 2 8 7 1 3 0 2 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 1 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 2 3
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 1 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 3
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 1 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 15 277 233 44 61 37 39 40

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