1975 VFL Season 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 seventeen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (9.14.68) were defeated by North Melbourne (17.15.117).

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

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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