1973 VFL Season Round 21: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1973 between Footscray and Carlton during round twenty-one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (10.15.75) defeated Carlton (9.12.66).

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

Footscray

Captain: David Thorpe
Coach: Bob Rose

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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