1975 VFL Round 5: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1975 between Footscray and Collingwood during round 5 of the 1975 VFL season. Footscray hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Murray Weideman.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Collins, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, I. Low, S. Magee, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, G. Parke, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, B. Round, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, M. Browne, P. Carman, P. Cranage, R. Dean, M. Delahunty, D. Gott, K. Grose, R. Hyde, A. Ireland, P. Manassa, P. McKenna, P. Moore, R. Oborne, M. Richardson, R. Shaw, G. Shephard, R. Wearmouth

Footscray (12.9.81) defeated Collingwood (9.16.70).

Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Sandilands (4), R. Huppatz (3), I. Dunstan (2), I. Low, G. Parke, K. Templeton
Collingwood: P. Carman (2), P. McKenna (2), M. Richardson (2), K. Grose, A. Ireland, R. Wearmouth

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Collingwood were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 3 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 36,638

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Collingwood
Score: 12.9.81 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 6 . 6 10 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Collingwood 1 . 1 4 . 8 6 . 13 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin FOOT by 20 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 11 FOOT by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Murray Weideman (Collingwood)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Footscray), Len Thompson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 ? 1 0
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 ? 2 7
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 2 22 18 4 2 ? 3 1
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 1 ? 3 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 3 0 20 19 1 2 ? 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 ? 3 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 2 ? 1 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 ? 1 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 ? 2 6
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 4 ? 1 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 7 ? 3 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 ? 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 6 ? 4 1
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 6 ? 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 4 0 10 9 1 5 ? 1 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 ? 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 ? 1 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 ? 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 261 210 51 55 0+ 35 40

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 4 ? 2 2
32 Browne, Michael ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 ? 2 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 11 ? 2 5
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 ? 1 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 ? 4 2
4 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 1 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 2 2
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 1 ? 4 0
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 6 ? 1 3
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 7 ? 1 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 ? 1 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 2 3 8 7 1 5 ? 3 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 ? 1 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 ? 0 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 21 16 5 8 ? 4 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 3 ? 4 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 ? 2 1
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 ? 3 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 4 ? 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 9 16 283 213 70 75 0+ 40 35

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