1973 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1973 between Essendon and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at VFL Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain John Williams captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. David Thorpe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (21.6.132) defeated Footscray (13.19.97).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 12,373

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 21.6.132 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 1 11 . 1 16 . 3 21 . 6 21 . 6 (132)
Footscray 5 . 4 6 . 12 10 . 17 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Margin FOOT by 9 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: John Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 1
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 0 6
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 0 19 15 4 3 0 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 1 0 3 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 6 4 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 1 13 13 0 2 0 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 8 5 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 4 17 3 2
10 Noonan, Alan (avc) ? ? 4 2 14 13 1 11 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 1 2
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 5 5 1 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 3 0 2 4
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 1 0 2 3
22 Williams, John (ac) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 3 5
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 4 0 21 20 1 5 0 1 2
55 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 6 285 232 53 65 36 36 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 6 0 2 0
44 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 4 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 3 0 4 3
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 10 10 1 4
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 2 19 18 1 2 0 3 0
1 Keast, John ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 4 0 1 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 4 33 28 5 12 0 2 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 2 2
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 3 10 7 3 4 0 0 0
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 1 27 24 3 1 0 2 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 3 20 13 7 5 0 2 3
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 2 0 2 0
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 4 2 3
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 2 1 21 19 2 5 0 3 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 2 4
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 19 302 251 51 76 14 37 36

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