1973 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1973 between Footscray and Richmond during round eleven of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (7.16.58) were defeated by Richmond (17.7.109).

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

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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