1975 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1975 between Essendon and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the hosts with Graham Moss as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Essendon (11.17.83) were defeated by Footscray (19.13.127).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 2 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,227

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 11.17.83 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 7 5 . 10 8 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Footscray 6 . 5 9 . 10 14 . 12 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Vice-Captain: Graham Moss (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 0 1 3
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 5 2
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 7 0 2 4
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 3 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 4 3
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 6 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 2 1 3 1
56 McDonald, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 1
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 11 2 5 1
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 3 1 12 11 1 4 0 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 1 5 13 11 2 9 0 1 4
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 0
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 1 0 4 2
47 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 3 25 22 3 5 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 17 264 217 47 66 6 51 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 5 0 2 4
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 5 0 2 3
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 3 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 11 25 1 3
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 2 30 24 6 3 0 5 1
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 24 22 2 1 0 6 6
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 3 0 1 1
13 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 6 0 1 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 3 3
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 4
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 2 17 14 3 9 0 1 3
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 1 19 14 5 9 2 0 5
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 8 9 2 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 5 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 4
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 13 289 238 51 81 36 38 51

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