1974 VFL Round 7: Footscray v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1974 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round 7 of the 1974 VFL season.
Footscray hosted Fitzroy at VFL Park.
Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts.
John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.
Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Austin, G. Casey, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, G. Gingell, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, G. Parke, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, B. Round, I. Salmon, K. Templeton, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), L. Richards (vice-capt.), G. Austen, G. Booth, J. Christou, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, S. Molloy, K. Murray, G. Noonan, B. Padley, D. Searl, A. Sinclair, C. Smith, N. Taylor, D. Wall, G. Wilson
Footscray (12.15.87) defeated Fitzroy (8.12.60).
Goalkickers
Footscray: R. Huppatz (3), G. Jennings (2), L. Sandilands (2), P. Welsh (2), G. Parke, I. Rasmussen, B. Round
Fitzroy: D. Searl (3), G. Austen, J. Murphy, G. Noonan, A. Sinclair, D. Wall
As a result of this match, Footscray were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Fitzroy remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1974 VFL Season
Round:
Round 7
Teams:
Footscray
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 18 May 1974
Time:
2:00 PM
Venue:
VFL Park
Attendance:
19,450
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 0 | . | 5 | 2 | . | 10 | 6 | . | 12 | 12 | . | 15 | 12 | . | 15 | (87) |
| Fitzroy | 3 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 8 | 7 | . | 10 | 8 | . | 12 | 8 | . | 12 | (60) |
| Margin | FITZ by 18 | FITZ by 16 | FITZ by 4 | FOOT by 27 | FOOT by 27 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bob Rose
(Footscray),
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Laurie Sandilands
(Footscray),
John Murphy
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Footscray),
Laurie Richards
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Hedger
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Abbey, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Austin, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Casey, Gordon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | Dunstan, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Gingell, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Huppatz, Ray | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 6 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Jennings, Geoff | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 7 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Merrington, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Morrison, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Parke, Greg | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 10 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Power, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Quinlan, Bernie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Rasmussen, Ivan | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | Round, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 8 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Salmon, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sandilands, Laurie (c) | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Templeton, Kelvin | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Welsh, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | ? | 5 | 5 |
| 35 | Wheeler, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 15 | 280 | 227 | 53 | 84 | 0+ | 26 | 40 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Austen, Geoff | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Booth, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Christou, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Lloyd, Trevor | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | McMahon, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Miller, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Molloy, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Murphy, John (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 7 | ? | 8 | 2 |
| 1 | Murray, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Noonan, Gerry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Padley, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Richards, Laurie (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 9 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Searl, Doug | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Sinclair, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Smith, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ? | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | Taylor, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Wall, David | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 6 | ? | 6 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 8 | 12 | 302 | 219 | 83 | 66 | 0+ | 41 | 26 | |||