1975 VFL Round 17: Footscray v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1975 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round 17 of the 1975 VFL season.
Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval.
Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts.
Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.
Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, A. Gallagher, J. Gieschen, S. Magee, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, R. Murrie, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Rasmussen, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler
North Melbourne
B. Davis (capt.), D. Dench (vice-capt.), A. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Cable, P. Chisnall, B. Crosswell, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, S. Kekovich, G. Melrose, D. Michalczyk, J. Moylan, M. Nolan, J. Rantall, P. Ryan, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Wade
Footscray (9.14.68) were defeated by North Melbourne (17.15.117).
Goalkickers
Footscray: R. Abbey (2), G. Merrington (2), D. Collins, A. Gallagher, S. Magee, B. Quinlan, L. Sandilands
North Melbourne: D. Wade (6), P. Chisnall (2), S. Kekovich (2), A. Briedis, B. Cable, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, S. Icke, P. Ryan, W. Schimmelbusch
As a result of this match, Footscray remained 7th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1975 VFL Season
Round:
Round 17
Teams:
Footscray
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 26 July 1975
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
19,639
Match Results
Outcome:
Footscray
def. by
North Melbourne
Score:
9.14.68 - 17.15.117
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 0 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 8 | 9 | . | 14 | 9 | . | 14 | (68) |
| North Melbourne | 5 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 5 | 13 | . | 10 | 17 | . | 15 | 17 | . | 15 | (117) |
| Margin | NMLB by 33 | NMLB by 3 | NMLB by 44 | NMLB by 49 | NMLB by 49 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bob Rose
(Footscray),
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne)
Captains:
Laurie Sandilands
(Footscray),
Barry Davis
(North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Footscray),
David Dench
(North Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Abbey, Ross | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Collins, Dennis | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Dell, Colin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 2 |
| 32 | Dunstan, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Featherby, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Gallagher, Adrian | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Gieschen, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Magee, Stuart | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Merrington, Gary | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Morrison, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Murrie, Richard | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Power, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Quinlan, Bernie | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Rasmussen, Ivan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Salmon, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sandilands, Laurie (c) | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Stoneham, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Templeton, Kelvin | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Wheeler, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 14 | 278 | 220 | 58 | 57 | 31 | 42 | 25 | |||
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Burns, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cable, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Chisnall, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Crosswell, Brent | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Davis, Barry (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Dench, David (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | Gumbleton, Frank | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Icke, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kekovich, Sam | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Melrose, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Michalczyk, Dick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Moylan, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Nolan, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Rantall, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Ryan, Phil | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Wade, Doug | ? | ? | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 17 | 15 | 313 | 227 | 86 | 72 | 22 | 25 | 42 | |||