1975 VFL Round 6: North Melbourne v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1975 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round 6 of the 1975 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval.
Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain.
Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.
North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), P. Baker, M. Blight, J. Burns, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, G. Cowton, P. Feltham, B. Goodingham, K. Greig, R. Henshaw, S. Kekovich, G. Melrose, K. Montgomery, R. Muir, M. Nolan, J. Rantall, W. Schimmelbusch, B. Smith
Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, R. Huppatz, I. Low, S. Magee, M. McMillan, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, G. Parke, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, B. Round, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
North Melbourne (18.11.119) defeated Footscray (9.12.66).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Burns (4), G. Melrose (4), G. Cowton (3), P. Feltham (2), S. Kekovich (2), P. Baker, B. Cable, D. Dench
Footscray: G. Dempsey (2), G. Parke (2), R. Huppatz, I. Low, I. Rasmussen, L. Sandilands, T. Whitten
As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Footscray were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1975 VFL Season
Round:
Round 6
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Footscray
Date:
Saturday 10 May 1975
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Arden Street Oval
Attendance:
18,875
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Footscray
Score:
18.11.119 - 9.12.66
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 5 | . | 4 | 11 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 9 | 18 | . | 11 | 18 | . | 11 | (119) |
| Footscray | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 9 | 7 | . | 11 | 9 | . | 12 | 9 | . | 12 | (66) |
| Margin | NMLB by 24 | NMLB by 45 | NMLB by 28 | NMLB by 53 | NMLB by 53 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Bob Rose
(Footscray)
Captains:
Barry Davis
(North Melbourne),
Laurie Sandilands
(Footscray)
Vice-Captains:
David Dench
(North Melbourne),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
N. Nash
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Baker, Phil | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Blight, Malcolm | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 8 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Burns, John | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 4 | ? | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Cable, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Chisnall, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 1 | ? | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 32 | Davis, Barry (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Dench, David (vc) | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Feltham, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 7 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Goodingham, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 3 | ? | 5 | 1 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Kekovich, Sam | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Montgomery, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 7 | ? | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Muir, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Rantall, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 7 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 9 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Smith, Brad | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 11 | 370 | 263 | 107 | 86 | 0+ | 32 | 41 | |||
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Abbey, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 6 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 8 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 32 | Dunstan, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Featherby, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | ? | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Huppatz, Ray | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | Low, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Magee, Stuart | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McMillan, Marty | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Merrington, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Morrison, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Parke, Greg | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | Power, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Quinlan, Bernie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 8 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Rasmussen, Ivan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Round, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sandilands, Laurie (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Stoneham, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | Templeton, Kelvin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Wheeler, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ? | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 12 | 278 | 230 | 48 | 65 | 0+ | 41 | 32 | |||