1975 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1975 between Melbourne and Footscray during round one of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Melbourne (17.9.111) defeated Footscray (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,422

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 17.9.111 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 0 9 . 3 13 . 7 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Footscray 4 . 1 9 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin MELB by 5 FOOT by 3 MELB by 11 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 2 2 26 20 6 5 ? 2 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 ? 5 7
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 1 ? 1 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 ? 0 1
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 ? 2 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 5 ? 4 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 5 ? 0 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 3 ? 2 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 ? 2 1
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 ? 0 1
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 ? 4 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 0 ? 1 2
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 ? 1 7
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 7 ? 2 1
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 4 0 13 11 2 4 ? 0 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 ? 1 1
32 Smith, Kim ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 2 ? 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 ? 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 ? 3 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 4 1 27 22 5 4 ? 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 9 285 219 66 54 0+ 32 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 5 ? 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 0 ? 1 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 ? 2 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 ? 2 4
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 ? 3 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 30 26 4 5 ? 3 3
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 3 20 17 3 3 ? 2 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 2 3 25 19 6 3 ? 3 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 ? 1 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 ? 0 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 2 13 9 4 3 ? 5 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 ? 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 ? 0 1
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 ? 1 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 ? 2 2
6 Sachse, Neil ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 ? 0 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 ? 5 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 5 0 11 11 0 5 ? 1 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 3 ? 3 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 ? 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 10 286 233 53 60 0+ 38 32

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