1974 VFL Round 13: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1974 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round 13 of the 1974 VFL season. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Austin, G. Casey, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, R. Huppatz, G. Merrington, P. Morrison, G. Parke, B. Quinlan, I. Robertson, B. Round, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler

North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), P. Baker, M. Blight, A. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Cable, V. Doolan, G. Farrant, P. Feltham, B. Goodingham, K. Greig, S. Kekovich, D. Michalczyk, K. Montgomery, J. Moylan, J. Rantall, W. Schimmelbusch, B. Smith, D. Wade

Footscray (11.14.80) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.10.124).

Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Sandilands (7), T. Wheeler (2), A. Gallagher, P. Welsh
North Melbourne: M. Blight (4), P. Feltham (3), D. Wade (3), P. Baker (2), A. Briedis (2), B. Cable (2), B. Smith (2), V. Doolan

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) and North Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,937

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 19.10.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 4 . 10 7 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
North Melbourne 5 . 1 6 . 3 11 . 8 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Margin NMLB by 24 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 44 NMLB by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), Barry Davis (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Footscray), David Dench (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 ? 1 2
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 ? 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 ? 1 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 7 ? 3 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 ? 3 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 1 ? 2 2
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 ? 2 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 ? 4 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 ? 2 1
39 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 ? 1 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 3 10 9 1 3 ? 3 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 ? 4 1
24 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 ? 1 4
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 8 ? 2 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 2 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 7 2 15 14 1 5 ? 1 4
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 ? 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 3 22 17 5 10 ? 4 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 2 ? 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 314 236 78 70 0+ 43 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 2 ? 0 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 4 2 19 17 2 3 ? 3 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 1 18 7 11 5 ? 2 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 0 ? 2 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 3 ? 1 4
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 7 ? 2 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 ? 1 2
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 1 ? 0 3
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 2 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 3 0 5 5 0 0 ? 0 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 6 ? 4 6
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 9 ? 0 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 ? 0 3
16 Michalczyk, Dick ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 ? 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 ? 1 1
39 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 ? 5 5
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 2 ? 5 0
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 2 1 14 8 6 4 ? 2 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 2 10 6 4 3 ? 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 10 303 221 82 60 0+ 36 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