1973 VFL Season Round 19: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1973 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (10.8.68) were defeated by North Melbourne (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,581

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.8.68 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
North Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 10 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin NMLB by 26 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 6 5 0 2
44 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 2 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 1 4
48 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 2
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 0 0 4 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 32 18 14 17 32 4 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 0 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 23 22 1 2 0 4 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 5 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 32 25 7 7 0 3 1
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 2 15 8 7 5 0 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 4 0 6 0
33 Steel, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 2
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 2 1 28 26 2 6 0 1 6
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 0 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 8 309 248 61 78 37 43 33

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 3 1 2 5
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 12 0 4 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 2 42 37 5 9 1 4 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 1 4
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 3
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 3 2 3 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 16 2 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 6 0 1 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 3 1 3 1
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 2 9 4 5 4 1 0 3
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 6 0 3 1
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 9 0 0 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 1
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 4 0 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 6 0 1 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 7 1 0 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 4
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 2 13 11 2 10 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 14 359 265 94 105 23 33 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