Western Bulldogs
"In actuality, Footscray in the 1950s was gradually assembling its greatest array of talent ever, and an inability to perform under pressure was certainly never an issue for players like Herb Henderson, Jack Collins, Charlie Sutton or Ted Whitten ... Collins, the VFL's top goalkicker in 1954 and 1957, was arguably Footscray's greatest ever full forward; Sutton, although best remembered as a highly accomplished back pocket player, was capable of playing almost anywhere, and indeed jointly topped the club's goalkicking list in 1951. Whitten, of course, was simply incomparable..."
John Devaney extols the virtues of the blue-collar Bulldogs, Footscray - the team of the mighty west.
1973 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Footscray's 1973 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1973-04-07 1 | A | Footscray | 3.4 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 12.15 | 87 | LOST | Fitzroy | 7.6 | 12.6 | 17.14 | 20.17 | 137 | -50 | JUN | 1973-04-07 Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-04-14 2 | H | Footscray | 1.7 | 3.9 | 9.15 | 11.16 | 82 | LOST | Collingwood | 1.1 | 5.6 | 8.10 | 14.18 | 102 | -20 | WES | 1973-04-14 Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-04-23 3 | A | Footscray | 6.4 | 13.10 | 18.13 | 20.15 | 135 | WON | South Melbourne | 4.3 | 8.7 | 13.10 | 17.16 | 118 | 17 | LAK | 1973-04-23 Apr 23 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-04-28 4 | H | Footscray | 3.8 | 3.12 | 6.16 | 8.19 | 67 | LOST | Essendon | 2.3 | 9.4 | 11.10 | 17.13 | 115 | -48 | WES | 1973-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-05 5 | A | Footscray | 2.4 | 12.8 | 14.10 | 16.12 | 108 | LOST | Hawthorn | 6.3 | 7.7 | 13.12 | 18.16 | 124 | -16 | GLE | 1973-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-12 6 | A | Footscray | 5.5 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 14.14 | 98 | WON | Geelong | 2.4 | 7.7 | 9.12 | 11.14 | 80 | 18 | KAR | 1973-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-19 7 | H | Footscray | 5.3 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 93 | WON | St. Kilda | 0.3 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 13.12 | 90 | 3 | WES | 1973-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-26 8 | A | Footscray | 3.3 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 56 | DRAW | North Melbourne | 1.2 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 56 | 0 | ARD | 1973-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-04 9 | H | Footscray | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 9.14 | 68 | LOST | Melbourne | 2.6 | 3.7 | 9.12 | 10.14 | 74 | -6 | WES | 1973-06-04 Jun 4 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-09 10 | A | Footscray | 3.1 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | Carlton | 2.4 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 13.13 | 91 | -26 | VFL | 1973-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-16 11 | H | Footscray | 0.6 | 1.10 | 6.13 | 7.16 | 58 | LOST | Richmond | 5.1 | 9.3 | 13.5 | 17.7 | 109 | -51 | WES | 1973-06-16 Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-23 12 | H | Footscray | 4.1 | 6.6 | 9.12 | 10.15 | 75 | LOST | Fitzroy | 3.2 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 13.11 | 89 | -14 | VFL | 1973-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-30 13 | A | Footscray | 4.2 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 90 | LOST | Collingwood | 1.6 | 6.9 | 9.16 | 13.17 | 95 | -5 | VIC | 1973-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-07 14 | A | Footscray | 5.4 | 6.12 | 10.17 | 13.19 | 97 | LOST | Essendon | 4.1 | 11.1 | 16.3 | 21.6 | 132 | -35 | VFL | 1973-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-14 15 | H | Footscray | 6.3 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 79 | LOST | South Melbourne | 3.1 | 7.10 | 14.14 | 20.21 | 141 | -62 | WES | 1973-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-21 16 | H | Footscray | 2.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 45 | LOST | Hawthorn | 4.2 | 6.4 | 8.10 | 9.11 | 65 | -20 | WES | 1973-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-28 17 | H | Footscray | 4.5 | 7.9 | 14.11 | 21.15 | 141 | WON | Geelong | 3.5 | 6.8 | 8.13 | 13.14 | 92 | 49 | VFL | 1973-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-04 18 | A | Footscray | 4.1 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 12.14 | 86 | LOST | St. Kilda | 5.6 | 8.10 | 11.12 | 15.20 | 110 | -24 | MOO | 1973-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-11 19 | H | Footscray | 0.1 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 68 | LOST | North Melbourne | 4.3 | 7.5 | 9.10 | 10.14 | 74 | -6 | WES | 1973-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-18 20 | A | Footscray | 4.3 | 11.4 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 110 | WON | Melbourne | 4.2 | 7.7 | 10.10 | 10.13 | 73 | 37 | MCG | 1973-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-25 21 | H | Footscray | 3.4 | 4.6 | 8.13 | 10.15 | 75 | WON | Carlton | 1.2 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 9.12 | 66 | 9 | WES | 1973-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-09-01 22 | A | Footscray | 2.2 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 11.11 | 77 | WON | Richmond | 3.6 | 4.10 | 7.14 | 10.16 | 76 | 1 | MCG | 1973-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | Abbey, Ross | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 5 | 1.0 | 31 | 6.2 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 13 | ||
31 | Austin, Graeme | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 37 | 6.2 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 8 | ||
1 | Baker, Garry | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 22 | 1.7 | 99 | 7.6 | 41 | 3.2 | 70 | 5.4 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 0.7 | 6 | 60 | ||
20 | Bartlett, Les | 12 | 84 | 7.0 | 13 | 1.1 | 97 | 8.1 | 28 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0.4 | 3 | 33 | ||
44 | Boyd, Colin | 10 | 74 | 7.4 | 13 | 1.3 | 87 | 8.7 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | Brown, Don | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 7 | 2.3 | 49 | 16.3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 8 | ||
35 | Carroll, Ted | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | Casey, Gordon | 21 | 299 | 14.2 | 35 | 1.7 | 334 | 15.9 | 66 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
48 | Collins, Dennis | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 50 | 2.8 | 238 | 13.2 | 36 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 38 | 48 | 13 | 0.7 | 13 | 91 | ||
34 | Cook, Graeme | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 31 | 3.1 | 128 | 12.8 | 24 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 0.3 | 5 | 23 | ||
12 | Dell, Colin | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 17 | 1.4 | 135 | 11.3 | 22 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
24 | Dempsey, Gary | 20 | 321 | 16.1 | 112 | 5.6 | 433 | 21.7 | 230 | 11.5 | 444 | 22.2 | 68 | 48 | 10 | 0.5 | 12 | 72 | ||
32 | Dunstan, Ian | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 19 | 6.3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 | Frei, Harry | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 14 | 2.3 | 84 | 14.0 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
17 | Gallagher, Adrian | 21 | 493 | 23.5 | 41 | 2.0 | 534 | 25.4 | 99 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 49 | 16 | 0.8 | 18 | 114 | ||
37 | Gingell, Glenn | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 22 | 1.5 | 163 | 10.9 | 33 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 0.9 | 8 | 86 | ||
25 | Jacks, Ron | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 23 | 2.1 | 121 | 11.0 | 20 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 0.5 | 6 | 36 | ||
1 | Keast, John | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 14 | 3.5 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 14 | ||
23 | Magee, Stuart | 20 | 345 | 17.3 | 93 | 4.7 | 438 | 21.9 | 61 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 35 | 14 | 0.7 | 20 | 104 | ||
19 | Merrington, Gary | 20 | 169 | 8.5 | 17 | 0.9 | 186 | 9.3 | 42 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 0.4 | 11 | 59 | ||
39 | Morrison, Ian | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 3 | 0.8 | 32 | 8.0 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 40 | ||
5 | O'Halloran, Max | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | Pagnoccolo, Charles | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 13 | 1.2 | 115 | 10.5 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 0.9 | 7 | 67 | ||
21 | Power, Stephen | 20 | 311 | 15.6 | 25 | 1.3 | 336 | 16.8 | 56 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 47 | 5 | 0.3 | 6 | 36 | ||
2 | Quinlan, Bernie | 20 | 301 | 15.1 | 83 | 4.2 | 384 | 19.2 | 115 | 5.8 | 19 | 1.0 | 28 | 50 | 20 | 1.0 | 23 | 143 | ||
11 | Rasmussen, Ivan | 11 | 131 | 11.9 | 30 | 2.7 | 161 | 14.6 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 1.6 | 16 | 124 | ||
11 | Rippon, Laurie | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | Rose Jnr, Robert | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 28 | 3.1 | 121 | 13.4 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 16 | ||
14 | Round, Barry | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 24 | 3.0 | 86 | 10.8 | 47 | 5.9 | 20 | 2.5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 1.4 | 13 | 79 | ||
18 | Salmon, Ian | 22 | 213 | 9.7 | 90 | 4.1 | 303 | 13.8 | 95 | 4.3 | 57 | 2.6 | 41 | 58 | 14 | 0.6 | 6 | 90 | ||
9 | Sandilands, Laurie | 16 | 175 | 10.9 | 19 | 1.2 | 194 | 12.1 | 73 | 4.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 47 | 28 | 34 | 2.1 | 15 | 219 | ||
29 | Simmons, Grant | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
33 | Steel, Gary | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 5 | 1.3 | 38 | 9.5 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 21 | ||
3 | Stoneham, Alan | 12 | 163 | 13.6 | 32 | 2.7 | 195 | 16.3 | 43 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 28 | ||
16 | Thorpe, David | 22 | 484 | 22.0 | 85 | 3.9 | 569 | 25.9 | 87 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 86 | 90 | 16 | 0.7 | 23 | 119 | ||
36 | Vesty, Carl | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 11 | 5.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
4 | Welsh, Peter | 22 | 274 | 12.5 | 40 | 1.8 | 314 | 14.3 | 117 | 5.3 | 13 | 0.6 | 70 | 62 | 18 | 0.8 | 10 | 118 | ||
49 | Wickson, Ian | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
38 | Wilkins, Terry | 14 | 154 | 11.0 | 32 | 2.3 | 186 | 13.3 | 36 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 33 | 1 | 0.1 | 7 | 13 | ||
Totals | 440 | 5280 | 12.0 | 1042 | 2.4 | 6322 | 14.4 | 1541 | 3.5 | 629 | 1.4 | 938 | 907 | 264 | 0.6 | 253 | 1837 |