1973 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1973 between Footscray and Essendon during round four of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with John Williams as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Footscray (8.19.67) were defeated by Essendon (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 April 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 25,314

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 8.19.67 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 8 3 . 12 6 . 16 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Essendon 2 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin FOOT by 11 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: John Williams
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 1
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 3 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 0 0 5 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 9 27 6 3
40 Frei, Harry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 3 3
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 4 0 4 1
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 3
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 4 0 2 4
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 2 0 2 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 2 6 12 12 0 5 0 4 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 1 0 4 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 4
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 6 0 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 1 8 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 5 2
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 4 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 3
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 0 0 7 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 19 261 225 36 57 28 70 49

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 2 0 2 5
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 3
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 1 3 2
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 1 24 21 3 7 0 3 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 28 27 1 10 0 4 3
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 7 2 6
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 1 4 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 11 5 3 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 3 1 1 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 2 0 4 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 6 8 3 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 3 12 12 0 4 0 3 6
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 4
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 4 1 2 6
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 5 2 11 11 0 5 0 2 5
22 Williams, John (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 22 22 0 0 0 4 2
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 260 222 38 73 24 49 70

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