1975 VFL Round 12: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 June 1975 between Footscray and Melbourne during round 12 of the 1975 VFL season. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Casey, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, I. Morrison, G. Parke, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), G. Baker, B. Barham, R. Biffin, D. Clark, H. Coles, W. Delmenico, A. Dullard, R. Flower, L. Fowler, G. Guy, G. Hardeman, P. Hurst, P. Keays, D. Kelly, M. Lyons, G. Osborne, S. Smith, J. Tilbrook, G. Wells

Footscray (20.11.131) defeated Melbourne (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Quinlan (6), K. Templeton (6), D. Collins (3), G. Parke (2), R. Abbey, A. Gallagher, L. Perussich
Melbourne: R. Biffin (3), S. Smith (3), M. Lyons (2), G. Wells (2), S. Alves, G. Baker, G. Hardeman, P. Hurst

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 June 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,204

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 20.11.131 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 7 . 6 13 . 7 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
Melbourne 6 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin MELB by 21 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Bob Skilton (Melbourne)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), Stan Alves (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Henry

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 1 ? 0 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 ? 2 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 3 2 22 13 9 1 ? 5 3
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 ? 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 2 25 24 1 16 ? 4 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 ? 2 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 2 28 26 2 5 ? 4 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 2 ? 3 0
13 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 ? 1 2
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 4 ? 7 1
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 7 ? 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 ? 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 1 20 18 2 9 ? 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 ? 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 ? 3 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 ? 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 2 13 13 0 10 ? 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 ? 1 8
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 11 305 262 43 84 0+ 43 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 1 ? 3 0
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 ? 2 2
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 0 5 5 0 2 ? 0 4
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 ? 4 1
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 5 ? 1 4
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 ? 0 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 ? 2 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 ? 3 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 ? 4 3
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 2 ? 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 3 ? 3 2
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 2 ? 1 2
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 ? 3 1
36 Kelly, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 1 2
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 2 4 21 15 6 6 ? 0 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 ? 1 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 3 0 16 15 1 6 ? 4 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 0 25 23 2 3 ? 4 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 8 261 216 45 55 0+ 37 43

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