Footscray vs South Melbourne 27-May-1972 Lineups

Saturday 27-May-1972

Final Round 9

Footscray Coach: Bob Rose

81 12.9

64 9.10

South Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 David Thorpe — 6 George Bisset — 4 Peter Welsh — 2 Bernie Quinlan — 24 Gary Dempsey — 26 Don Brown — 10 Gordon Casey — 38 Bob Cockerell — 48 Dennis Collins — 23 Stuart Magee — 14 Barry Round — 18 Ian Salmon — 20 Les Bartlett — 44 Stephen Boyle — 19 Gary Merrington — 17 Bob Fox — 31 Graeme Austin — 15 Ray Stamp — 28 Trevor Zeltner — 28 Bill Godridge —

Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

21 John Pitura — 10 Wayne Walsh — 11 Peter Bedford — 12 Norm Goss — 35 Shane McKew — 5 John Rantall — 36 Russell McHenry — 16 Ricky Quade — 9 Jim Wilkinson — 22 Eric Moore — 31 Ray Ball — 32 Peter Brown — 29 David McLeish — 1 Jim Haines — 19 Jim Prentice — 13 Neville Miller — 28 Robert Doyle — 24 Bob Bell — 17 Russell Cook — 42 Robert Stibbard —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
FTS	3.2	2.2	4.4	3.1	81
SMO	1.2	1.3	2.2	5.3	64

Match Leaders

Goals

Russell McHenrySMO

Behinds

5 tied leaders

Bernie QuinlanFTS

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

FTSSMO

Scoring / Attack

12Goals9

7Behinds8

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

317Disposals281

270Kicks245

47Handballs36

Clearance / Contest

19Hitouts19

Other

89Marks79

How the match finished

Footscray beat South Melbourne by 17 points, 81–64.

Footscray took a 31-point lead into the last quarter. South Melbourne cut that back to 17 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 19 in the final term.

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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage