1973 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1973 between Footscray and Melbourne during round nine of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Footscray (9.14.68) were defeated by Melbourne (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Monday 4 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,973

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.14.68 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 3 . 6 5 . 6 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Melbourne 2 . 6 3 . 7 9 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin MELB by 18 MELB by 1 MELB by 30 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 2 2 1 2
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 6 0 2 2
44 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 2 23 22 1 13 10 4 6
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 30 26 4 1 0 5 5
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 7 0 2 6
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 1
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 3 0 2 4
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 6 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 6 0 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 6 0 0 2
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 1 32 27 5 5 0 3 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 5 1 4 2
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 6 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 14 270 231 39 69 13 46 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 5 2 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 2 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 8 0 2 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 1 0 5 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 3 1
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Dilnot, Peter ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 0 2 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 4 18 5 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 3 0 2 6
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 2 3
49 McGuinness, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 7 0 0 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 9 0 2 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 2
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 0 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 3 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 26 21 5 5 0 7 3
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 3 2 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 14 233 207 26 62 24 47 46

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