1973 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1973 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Footscray (12.7.79) were defeated by South Melbourne (20.21.141).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,115

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 12.7.79 - 20.21.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 6 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
South Melbourne 3 . 1 7 . 10 14 . 14 20 . 21 20 . 21 (141)
Margin FOOT by 20 FOOT by 6 SMLB by 26 SMLB by 62 SMLB by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 1 0 1 2
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 2 1 0
44 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 4 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 3 26 22 4 13 23 3 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 3 1 30 27 3 9 0 2 4
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 1
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 2 0 1 1
6 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 7 4 2 2
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 0
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 5 7 1 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 0
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 5 0 2 2
36 Vesty, Carl ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 7 272 229 43 68 36 30 33

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 3 16 10 6 5 15 1 3
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 2 0
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 2 17 12 5 4 0 0 0
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 28 23 5 7 0 4 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 3 4 0 1
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 2 0 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 3 21 17 4 5 0 4 3
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 5 1 16 10 6 3 0 2 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 2 33 21 12 3 0 1 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 8 0 3 2
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 2 28 23 5 5 0 7 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 0 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 2 24 19 5 3 0 3 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 2 5 26 18 8 12 0 2 1
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 0 22 16 6 4 0 1 2
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 1 0 4
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 21 356 264 92 87 22 33 30

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