1974 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1974 between Footscray and Melbourne during round nine of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Footscray (13.16.94) defeated Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,115

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 13.16.94 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 3 8 . 11 12 . 13 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin FOOT by 18 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 43 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 ? 1 1
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 ? 0 0
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 ? 1 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 1 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 ? 2 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 ? 2 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 5 ? 3 2
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 ? 2 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 4 20 14 6 6 ? 1 0
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 9 ? 2 4
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 24 22 2 13 ? 6 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 ? 3 1
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 2 ? 2 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 12 ? 4 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 8 ? 0 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 4 2 17 16 1 10 ? 2 5
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 ? 0 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 6 ? 2 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 8 ? 0 7
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 4 1 19 16 3 8 ? 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 16 329 266 63 111 0+ 37 40

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 2 24 21 3 5 ? 2 1
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 ? 3 4
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 1 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 ? 5 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 6 ? 1 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 ? 0 3
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 ? 2 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 ? 3 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 ? 1 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 1 ? 1 0
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 ? 4 1
51 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 ? 1 0
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 1 ? 3 3
37 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 ? 1 5
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 2 ? 3 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 ? 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 ? 4 0
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 1 ? 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 4 ? 2 3
27 Wood, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 ? 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 8 266 207 59 58 0+ 41 37

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