1974 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1974 between Footscray and Essendon during round six of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Footscray (17.12.114) defeated Essendon (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,309

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 17.12.114 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 8 . 6 10 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Essendon 2 . 6 4 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin FOOT by 8 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 50 FOOT by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 ? 2 1
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 ? 0 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 ? 4 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 9 ? 2 4
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 28 27 1 7 ? 4 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 3 1 21 19 2 5 ? 4 5
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 ? 4 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 ? 4 2
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 2 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 16 ? 3 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 ? 3 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 9 ? 2 1
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 2 ? 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 26 15 11 10 ? 2 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 5 ? 2 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 3 1 21 15 6 10 ? 3 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 2 ? 1 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 5 5 25 20 5 11 ? 3 5
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 12 328 253 75 107 0+ 46 39

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 ? 4 6
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 5 ? 3 1
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 6 ? 4 7
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 22 20 2 4 ? 2 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 6 ? 0 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 ? 3 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 9 ? 1 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 1 6
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 ? 6 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 24 11 13 10 ? 2 0
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 1 7 11 11 0 7 ? 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 ? 2 2
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 4 3
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 ? 3 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 8 ? 1 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 1 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 ? 0 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 ? 0 1
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 4 9 8 1 4 ? 0 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 5 ? 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 16 288 226 62 85 0+ 39 46

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