1973 VFL Round 21: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1973 between Footscray and Carlton during round 21 of the 1973 VFL season. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. David Thorpe captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Footscray
D. Thorpe (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Baker, D. Brown, G. Casey, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, S. Magee, G. Merrington, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, I. Salmon, L. Sandilands, G. Steel, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh, T. Wilkins

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), B. Armstrong, R. Ashman, R. Austin, R. Byrne, G. Crane, B. Crosswell, D. Dickson, B. Doull, K. Hall, P. Hall, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, T. Keogh, D. McKay, B. Quirk, G. Southby, V. Waite

Footscray (10.15.75) defeated Carlton (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Sandilands (5), A. Gallagher (2), D. Brown, S. Power, A. Stoneham
Carlton: J. Nicholls (3), R. Walls (2), R. Ashman, P. Jones, D. McKay, G. Southby

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 10th on the ladder and Carlton remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 25 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,988

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 10.15.75 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 4 . 6 8 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Carlton 1 . 2 5 . 3 6 . 4 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin FOOT by 14 CARL by 3 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Captains: David Thorpe (Footscray), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Footscray), Robert Walls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Brown, Don ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 7 0 4 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 1 0 1 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 14 26 3 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 35 33 2 7 0 6 5
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 2 0 4 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 1 0 0 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 1 2 1
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 5 0 1 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 3 3 6
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 5 3 15 13 2 5 1 3 4
33 Steel, Gary ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 2 0 5 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David (c) ? ? 0 2 31 27 4 7 0 6 6
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 9 1 0 0
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 15 322 261 61 79 32 45 40

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 2 0 4 3
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 5 0 3 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 3
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 5 5
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 1 0 3 7
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 2 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 1 1 3
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 28 25 3 12 10 2 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 2 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 13 5 2 4
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 3 1 0 0
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 5 0 3 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 4 2
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 3 18 18 0 9 0 2 3
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 9 12 283 237 46 92 17 40 45

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