1975 VFL Round 2: Footscray v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1975 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round 2 of the 1975 VFL season.
Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval.
Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts.
John Murphy captained the visitors with Warwick Irwin as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Kevin Rose.
Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Casey, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, P. Featherby, A. Gallagher, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, I. Low, M. McMillan, G. Merrington, G. Parke, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, B. Round, N. Sachse, P. Welsh, T. Whitten
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), W. Irwin (vice-capt.), R. Appleton, G. Austen, R. Carter, W. Linton, T. Lloyd, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. O'Keeffe, B. Padley, G. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, C. Smith, A. Thompson, D. Wall, G. Wilson
Footscray (17.14.116) defeated Fitzroy (11.17.83).
Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Sandilands (8), R. Huppatz (4), G. Parke (2), I. Rasmussen, B. Round, P. Welsh
Fitzroy: D. Wall (5), D. Searl (3), D. McMahon (2), R. Appleton
As a result of this match, Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Fitzroy were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1975 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
Footscray
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 12 April 1975
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
17,700
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 4 | . | 2 | 8 | . | 6 | 10 | . | 9 | 17 | . | 14 | 17 | . | 14 | (116) |
| Fitzroy | 4 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 6 | 10 | . | 12 | 11 | . | 17 | 11 | . | 17 | (83) |
| Margin | FITZ by 2 | FOOT by 6 | FITZ by 3 | FOOT by 33 | FOOT by 33 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bob Rose
(Footscray),
Kevin Rose
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Laurie Sandilands
(Footscray),
John Murphy
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Footscray),
Warwick Irwin
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
N. Nash
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Abbey, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ? | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Casey, Gordon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Dell, Colin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 9 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Featherby, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 3 | ? | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | Gallagher, Adrian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Huppatz, Ray | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | ? | 6 | 2 |
| 25 | Jennings, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | ? | 5 | 2 |
| 28 | Low, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | McMillan, Marty | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Merrington, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Parke, Greg | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Power, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Quinlan, Bernie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Rasmussen, Ivan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Round, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | ? | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Sachse, Neil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 10 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Sandilands, Laurie (c) | ? | ? | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 8 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Welsh, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 17 | 14 | 290 | 244 | 46 | 78 | 0+ | 45 | 48 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Appleton, Rod | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Austen, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Carter, Rod | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Linton, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 8 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Lloyd, Trevor | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | McCulloch, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | McMahon, David | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | ? | 3 | 5 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Miller, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Murphy, John (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | O'Keeffe, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ? | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Padley, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | ? | 4 | 3 |
| 26 | Robertson, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Searl, Doug | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Serafini, Renato | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Smith, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Thompson, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 1 | ? | 6 | 3 |
| 33 | Wall, David | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 8 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 5 | ? | 7 | 6 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 11 | 17 | 297 | 235 | 62 | 62 | 0+ | 48 | 45 | |||