1973 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1973 between Footscray and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at VFL Park. David Thorpe captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Footscray (21.15.141) defeated Geelong (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 July 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 9,148

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 21.15.141 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 5 7 . 9 14 . 11 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Geelong 3 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 13 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin FOOT by 6 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 49 FOOT by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 3 4
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 12 21 3 5
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 25 21 4 7 0 2 3
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 3 0 2 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 5 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 7 0 0 2
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 4 3 26 22 4 3 0 1 2
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 7 0 0 5
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 2 0 29 18 11 10 3 3 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 9 0 16 14 2 8 0 4 4
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 1 1 26 22 4 2 0 5 7
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 4
49 Wickson, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 4
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 3 10 10 0 4 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 15 327 253 74 86 24 33 64

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 13 0 3 2
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 6 1 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 6 1
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 1 1
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 5 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 3 3 4 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 8 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 2 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 4 2
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 4 5 13 13 0 7 0 4 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 2 0 6 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 5 4 3 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 3 2 25 23 2 3 0 7 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 5 0 7 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 1
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 5 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 14 287 231 56 68 21 64 35

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