1975 VFL Round 16: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1975 between Collingwood and Footscray during round 16 of the 1975 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Murray Weideman and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, S. Clifford, I. Cooper, R. Dean, R. Dunne, W. Gordon, D. Gott, K. Grose, B. Heard, A. Ireland, R. Kink, P. Manassa, D. O'Callaghan, M. Richardson, R. Saltmarsh, R. Shaw, G. Shephard, J. Wise

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

Collingwood (16.14.110) defeated Footscray (16.7.103).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: R. Dunne (4), L. Thompson (3), A. Ireland (2), M. Richardson (2), G. Anderson, S. Clifford, B. Heard, R. Kink, R. Saltmarsh
Footscray: L. Sandilands (5), G. Dempsey (2), G. Parke (2), B. Quinlan (2), R. Abbey, A. Gallagher, B. Round, A. Stoneham, T. Wheeler

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 21,746

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 16.14.110 - 16.7.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 2 10 . 5 15 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Footscray 6 . 4 11 . 5 11 . 6 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin FOOT by 20 FOOT by 6 COLL by 28 COLL by 7 COLL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 3 0 1 2
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 6 0 3 5
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 4 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 6 5
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 4 3 13 12 1 3 1 2 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 1 1 7
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 6 0
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 6 9 1 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 3
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 5 0 3 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 3 1 2 4
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 4 29 25 4 5 0 3 3
42 Saltmarsh, Ray ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 4 3
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 3 1 9 6 3 4 4 1 3
37 Wise, John ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 282 230 52 65 16 48 53

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 5 1 3 3
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 5
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 2 1 19 10 9 12 18 1 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 3 0 4 7
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 0 0 8 3
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 33 27 6 4 0 2 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 16 10 6 5 0 3 3
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 2 0 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 4 4 6 7
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 4 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 1 2 6
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 5 1 10 8 2 3 0 4 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 7 278 211 67 63 24 52 54

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