1975 VFL Round 19: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1975 between Footscray and St Kilda during round 19 of the 1975 VFL season. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Barry Lawrence captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, P. Featherby, A. Gallagher, J. Gieschen, G. Gingell, I. Low, S. Magee, G. Merrington, R. Murrie, G. Parke, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

St Kilda
B. Lawrence (capt.), T. Barker, N. Besanko, B. Breen, P. Callery, C. Carter, G. Colling, A. Davis, R. Greene, W. Judson, M. Malthouse, R. Muir, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, R. Reynolds, J. Sarau, R. Smith, S. Theodore, G. Young

Footscray (5.16.46) were defeated by St Kilda (16.18.114).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Quinlan (3), R. Abbey, L. Sandilands
St Kilda: G. Young (9), P. Callery (3), K. Neale (2), B. Breen, M. Malthouse

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and St Kilda were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 9 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,107

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 5.16.46 - 16.18.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 3 4 . 12 5 . 12 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
St Kilda 3 . 6 4 . 6 9 . 13 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Margin STKL by 21 FOOT by 6 STKL by 25 STKL by 68 STKL by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), Barry Lawrence (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 5 0 1 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 0 1 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 24 22 2 13 17 6 4
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 3 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 1 0 2 0
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 2
13 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 2 23 21 2 4 0 2 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 5 0 7 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 2
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 6 0 2 1
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 5 0 3 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 2 0 3 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 7 8 2 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 5 15 13 2 2 0 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 3 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 16 270 226 44 71 25 42 32

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 3 19 16 3 4 0 1 0
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 0 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 8 1 2 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 1 27 20 7 1 4 1 1
50 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 2 23 12 11 8 0 0 4
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 5 0 1 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 1 1
5 Lawrence, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 3 1
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 7
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 14 13 8 0 4 3
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 4 14 3 4
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 0 1
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 6 0 0 0
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 10 15 7 5
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 4 0 2 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 3 22 16 6 10 0 2 2
27 Young, George ? ? 9 4 22 19 3 10 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 18 343 239 104 99 34 32 41

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