1974 VFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1974 between Essendon and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (9.10.64) were defeated by Footscray (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 27 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,250

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 9.10.64 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Footscray 4 . 9 4 . 11 9 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin FOOT by 18 ESSE by 6 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 ? 5 3
43 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 ? 3 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 0 ? 4 2
51 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 ? 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 ? 3 2
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 ? 3 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 4 ? 1 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 ? 6 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 12 ? 0 6
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 6 3 10 9 1 7 ? 2 3
54 Park, Tom ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 ? 2 0
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 ? 1 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 ? 3 2
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 ? 4 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 ? 5 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 3 14 13 1 5 ? 4 4
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 2 15 15 0 4 ? 3 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 2 ? 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 10 227 194 33 63 0+ 53 40

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 ? 2 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 ? 1 1
22 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 ? 1 4
46 Cross, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 ? 2 6
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 ? 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 13 ? 5 2
42 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 1 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 22 20 2 5 ? 2 5
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 23 23 0 2 ? 3 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 ? 2 1
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 ? 2 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 4 2 14 13 1 8 ? 2 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 3 ? 2 4
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 ? 3 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 ? 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 10 ? 1 4
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 4 ? 2 5
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 2 11 10 1 6 ? 1 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 4 26 19 7 8 ? 5 7
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 15 300 241 59 82 0+ 40 53

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