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Footscray vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 5-Aug-1972
Final Round 18
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
73 9.19
69 10.9
Geelong Coach: Bill McMaster
Geelong logo
Western Oval Footscray by 4 FTS by 4
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 38 Bob Cockerell — · Position unavailable 48 Dennis Collins — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 39 Max OHalloran — · Position unavailable 5 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 28 Trevor Zeltner — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 31 Graeme Austin — · Position unavailable 26 Don Brown — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 5 David Barkley — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 1 Wayne Closter — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Ainsworth — · Position unavailable 13 Paul Sarah — · Position unavailable 11 Tim Evans — · Position unavailable 18 Peter Stephens — · Position unavailable 4 Phil Stevens — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 22 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Linke — · Position unavailable 30 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 19 Robert Whatman — · Position unavailable 6 Gareth Andrews — · Position unavailable 23 Doug Wade — · Position unavailable 9 Terry Mayne — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.03.100.23.773
GEE5.21.03.61.169

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Gary DempseyFTS
Behinds
3
4 tied leaders
George BissetFTS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSGEE

Scoring / Attack

9Goals10
15Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

271Disposals250
222Kicks207
49Handballs43

Clearance / Contest

24Hitouts11

Other

49Marks84

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Geelong by 4 points, 73–69.

Footscray came from 14 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Geelong 25–7 in the final term to take the win.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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