1973 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1973 between Melbourne and Footscray during round twenty of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. David Thorpe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Melbourne (10.13.73) were defeated by Footscray (17.8.110).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 18 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,561

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 10.13.73 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Footscray 4 . 3 11 . 4 15 . 4 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 1 26 21 5 6 0 4 1
54 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 0
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 5 17 0 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 3 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0
45 MacDonald, Greg ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 2 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 4 13 12 1 6 0 2 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 10 0 1 1
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 2 0 2 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 2 3 25 25 0 8 2 1 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 3 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 13 270 229 41 78 25 31 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 3 2
34 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 12 36 1 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 30 26 4 8 0 4 2
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 1 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 2 0 4 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 2
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 1 0 0 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 6 3 2 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 8 3 15 14 1 7 0 2 1
33 Steel, Gary ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 3 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 2 0 31 21 10 6 0 2 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 3 2 3
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 8 329 280 49 79 42 32 31

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