1973 VFL Season Round 18: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1973 between St Kilda and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Moorabbin Oval. David Thorpe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

St Kilda (15.20.110) defeated Footscray (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 15,477

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Footscray
Score: 15.20.110 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 6 8 . 10 11 . 12 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Footscray 4 . 1 7 . 4 8 . 9 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin STKL by 11 STKL by 12 STKL by 21 STKL by 24 STKL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Jeans

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
44 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 2 2
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 2 22 17 5 2 0 5 4
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 1 5 4
47 Davies, Russell ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 4 2 28 19 9 4 0 5 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 2 33 24 9 9 0 3 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 8 14 1 1
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 0
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 5 1
37 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 6
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 2 0 3 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 4 0 0 2
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 3 15 11 4 7 6 3 2
32 Perovic, Val ? ? 2 3 20 14 6 3 0 1 3
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 2
22 Stephens, John ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 0 0 2 1
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 0 23 11 12 8 0 2 4
27 Young, George ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 5 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 20 332 240 92 74 22 43 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 1 0
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 5 3
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 2 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 2 29 16 13 15 30 4 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 23 22 1 2 0 2 0
25 Jacks, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 2 0 2 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 6 0 1 4
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 1
22 Rose, Robert ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 1 0 0 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 3 7 5 2 5 3 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 8 0 3 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 6 2 14 11 3 7 0 2 4
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 0 2 4
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 4 1 4 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 5 4 5
49 Wickson, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 296 238 58 73 39 38 43

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