1975 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1975 between Footscray and Essendon during round seven of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Footscray (8.12.60) were defeated by Essendon (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 26,204

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 8.12.60 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Essendon 2 . 6 6 . 10 9 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 2 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 0 ? 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 ? 2 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 28 18 10 1 ? 1 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 2 23 17 6 2 ? 3 1
13 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 ? 0 0
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 2 18 17 1 1 ? 3 6
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 2 ? 1 2
16 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 ? 2 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 ? 2 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 5 ? 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 3 ? 3 0
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 ? 0 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 1 4
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 6 ? 1 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 ? 0 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 1 ? 3 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 3 10 10 0 6 ? 1 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 ? 1 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 ? 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 12 293 220 73 48 0+ 35 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 6 ? 2 0
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 ? 3 3
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 ? 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 3 ? 0 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 ? 1 0
7 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 1 3 20 18 2 3 ? 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 24 24 0 4 ? 5 4
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 ? 2 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 ? 2 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 ? 5 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 ? 0 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 ? 3 2
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 12 ? 3 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 4 ? 0 2
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 3 1 9 6 3 3 ? 0 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 3 ? 4 2
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 1 24 16 8 3 ? 5 4
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 ? 2 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 3 3 15 13 2 4 ? 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 17 277 222 55 71 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