1974 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1974 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (12.15.87) defeated Fitzroy (8.12.60).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.15.87 - 8.12.60

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

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Laurie Richards
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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