1973 VFL Round 11: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1973 between Footscray and Richmond during round 11 of the 1973 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. In the absence of Royce Hart, deputy vice-captain Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray
D. Thorpe (capt.), G. Casey, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, H. Frei, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, R. Jacks, J. Keast, S. Magee, G. Merrington, C. Pagnoccolo, S. Power, B. Quinlan, R. Rose, B. Round, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh

Richmond
F. Bourke (capt.), D. Clay, D. Cumming, L. Fowler, M. Green, R. Hunt, M. Keane, R. Lamb, R. McGhie, C. McKellar, K. Morris, B. Nalder, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, G. Teasdale, M. Thompson, W. Walsh, B. Wood

Footscray (7.16.58) were defeated by Richmond (17.7.109).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Dempsey, G. Gingell, R. Jacks, B. Quinlan, I. Salmon, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh
Richmond: G. Teasdale (5), K. Sheedy (4), R. Lamb (3), F. Bourke, B. Nalder, P. Sproule, W. Walsh, B. Wood

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 9th on the ladder and Richmond were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 16 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,733

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 7.16.58 - 17.7.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 6 1 . 10 6 . 13 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Richmond 5 . 1 9 . 3 13 . 5 17 . 7 17 . 7 (109)
Margin RICH by 25 RICH by 41 RICH by 34 RICH by 51 RICH by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Tom Hafey (Richmond)
Captains: David Thorpe (Footscray), Francis Bourke (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 1 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 3
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 7 10 6 1
40 Frei, Harry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 0 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 0 4 2
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 4 12 11 1 2 0 2 0
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 5
1 Keast, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 0 6 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 2
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 6 0 1 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 6 19 14 5 6 0 1 2
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 1 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 1 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 1 1 36 32 4 6 0 3 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 4 0 7 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 16 297 253 44 79 12 45 37

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Bourke, Francis (ac) ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 1 0 2 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 10 0 3 4
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 15 6 9 2 0 2 0
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 3 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 10 4 1 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 5
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 3 0 13 13 0 5 0 1 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 5 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 4 0 0 2
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 6 17 2 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 4 1 21 19 2 10 2 3 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 3 0 1 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 1 26 25 1 6 0 1 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 5 1 12 11 1 7 0 3 2
23 Thompson, Murray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 4 0 3 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 7 263 219 44 86 23 36 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