1973 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1973 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round twelve of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park. David Thorpe captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Footscray (10.15.75) were defeated by Fitzroy (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 23 June 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 7,016

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 10.15.75 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 12 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 7 6 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 22 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 8 2 2
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 3 0 4 5
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 7 21 3 2
40 Frei, Harry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 2 0 3 3
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 1
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 3 0 6 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 0
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 2 7 2 4
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 3 4 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 0 2 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 4 0 1 4
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 1 21 21 0 2 0 4 9
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 9 0 6 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 15 272 230 42 54 36 51 46

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 6 1 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 2 3 0 1
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 1
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 6 5
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 25 20 5 4 0 3 3
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 9 2 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 5 0 1 6
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 4 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 1 26 23 3 7 0 2 6
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 1 3 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 5 5
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 5 0 0 1
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 4 0 7 4
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 6 1 2 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 2
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 2
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 2 15 14 1 4 0 4 3
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 4 18 13 5 8 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 267 213 54 77 20 46 51

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