1973 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1973 between Geelong and Footscray during round six of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Geoff Ainsworth captained the hosts. David Thorpe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Geelong (11.14.80) were defeated by Footscray (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 May 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,305

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 11.14.80 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Footscray 5 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 9 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FOOT by 19 level FOOT by 3 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 1 0 4 2
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 4 0 2 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 3 0 4 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 4
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 3 0 3 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 17 0 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 2
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 4 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 3 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 4 35 26 9 4 0 5 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 4 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 6 13 3 3
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 7 2
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 6 0 0 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 7 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 14 261 211 50 56 30 42 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 3 3 19 14 5 8 12 4 2
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 4 0 1 3
44 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 2
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 1
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 5
40 Frei, Harry ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 0 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 1 0 1 3
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 3 0 12 12 0 1 0 1 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 3 20 12 8 2 0 1 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 4
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 20 20 0 4 0 2 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 2 0 18 12 6 4 10 1 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 1
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 3 35 24 11 3 0 5 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 7 2
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 2 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 287 229 58 48 22 34 42

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