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.
1975 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Footscray's 1975 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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1975-04-05 1 | A | Footscray | 4.1 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 15.10 | 100 | LOST | Melbourne | 5.0 | 9.3 | 13.7 | 17.9 | 111 | -11 | MCG | 1975-04-05 Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-04-12 2 | H | Footscray | 4.2 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 17.14 | 116 | WON | Fitzroy | 4.4 | 7.6 | 10.12 | 11.17 | 83 | 33 | WES | 1975-04-12 Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-04-19 3 | A | Footscray | 4.1 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 14.14 | 98 | WON | Geelong | 2.5 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 13.12 | 90 | 8 | KAR | 1975-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-04-26 4 | H | Footscray | 1.0 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 16.13 | 109 | WON | Richmond | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.19 | 4.19 | 43 | 66 | WES | 1975-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-05-03 5 | H | Footscray | 4.3 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 81 | WON | Collingwood | 1.1 | 4.8 | 6.13 | 9.16 | 70 | 11 | VFL | 1975-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-05-10 6 | A | Footscray | 1.4 | 3.9 | 7.11 | 9.12 | 66 | LOST | North Melbourne | 5.4 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 18.11 | 119 | -53 | ARD | 1975-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-05-17 7 | H | Footscray | 2.1 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 8.12 | 60 | LOST | Essendon | 2.6 | 6.10 | 9.14 | 14.17 | 101 | -41 | WES | 1975-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-05-24 8 | A | Footscray | 1.2 | 5.9 | 5.10 | 7.12 | 54 | LOST | St. Kilda | 2.7 | 2.10 | 7.21 | 7.23 | 65 | -11 | MOO | 1975-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-05-31 9 | H | Footscray | 1.1 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 8.10 | 58 | LOST | Hawthorn | 6.3 | 8.5 | 19.11 | 20.14 | 134 | -76 | WES | 1975-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-06-07 10 | H | Footscray | 4.2 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 13.11 | 89 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.4 | 2.10 | 9.12 | 12.15 | 87 | 2 | VFL | 1975-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-06-16 11 | A | Footscray | 3.2 | 10.5 | 14.11 | 17.13 | 115 | LOST | Carlton | 9.4 | 12.8 | 15.11 | 19.13 | 127 | -12 | PRI | 1975-06-16 Jun 16 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-06-21 12 | H | Footscray | 3.1 | 7.6 | 13.7 | 20.11 | 131 | WON | Melbourne | 6.4 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 14.8 | 92 | 39 | WES | 1975-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-06-28 13 | A | Footscray | 3.4 | 5.8 | 10.15 | 12.17 | 89 | WON | Fitzroy | 2.4 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 11.10 | 76 | 13 | JUN | 1975-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-07-05 14 | A | Footscray | 3.3 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 12.10 | 82 | LOST | Richmond | 6.5 | 11.10 | 14.16 | 17.18 | 120 | -38 | MCG | 1975-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-07-12 15 | H | Footscray | 4.5 | 4.7 | 10.13 | 13.15 | 93 | WON | Geelong | 0.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 7.7 | 49 | 44 | WES | 1975-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-07-19 16 | A | Footscray | 6.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 16.7 | 103 | LOST | Collingwood | 3.2 | 10.5 | 15.10 | 16.14 | 110 | -7 | VIC | 1975-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-07-26 17 | H | Footscray | 0.1 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 9.14 | 68 | LOST | North Melbourne | 5.4 | 6.5 | 13.10 | 17.15 | 117 | -49 | WES | 1975-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-08-02 18 | A | Footscray | 6.5 | 9.10 | 14.12 | 19.13 | 127 | WON | Essendon | 3.7 | 5.10 | 8.14 | 11.17 | 83 | 44 | WIN | 1975-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-08-09 19 | H | Footscray | 0.3 | 4.12 | 5.12 | 5.16 | 46 | LOST | St. Kilda | 3.6 | 4.6 | 9.13 | 16.18 | 114 | -68 | WES | 1975-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-08-16 20 | A | Footscray | 3.2 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 93 | WON | Hawthorn | 3.3 | 6.6 | 11.11 | 13.13 | 91 | 2 | VFL | 1975-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-08-23 21 | A | Footscray | 6.4 | 10.4 | 14.7 | 18.7 | 115 | WON | South Melbourne | 2.4 | 5.9 | 8.12 | 10.15 | 75 | 40 | LAK | 1975-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975-08-30 22 | H | Footscray | 2.2 | 5.6 | 6.10 | 10.15 | 75 | LOST | Carlton | 6.4 | 9.7 | 16.9 | 18.11 | 119 | -44 | WES | 1975-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1975 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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30 | Abbey, Ross | 21 | 296 | 14.8 | 69 | 3.5 | 365 | 18.3 | 80 | 4.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 0.9 | 5 | 119 | ||
20 | Bartlett, Les | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 18 | 9.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | Casey, Gordon | 10 | 105 | 11.7 | 23 | 2.6 | 128 | 14.2 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
15 | Collins, Dennis | 19 | 180 | 10.0 | 64 | 3.6 | 244 | 13.6 | 40 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 50 | 22 | 1.2 | 16 | 148 | ||
12 | Dell, Colin | 16 | 130 | 8.7 | 38 | 2.5 | 168 | 11.2 | 28 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | Dempsey, Gary | 21 | 298 | 14.9 | 76 | 3.8 | 374 | 18.7 | 206 | 10.3 | 167 | 20.9 | 66 | 54 | 10 | 0.5 | 14 | 74 | ||
32 | Dunstan, Ian | 16 | 206 | 13.7 | 75 | 5.0 | 281 | 18.7 | 37 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 0.6 | 10 | 64 | ||
5 | Featherby, Peter | 22 | 415 | 19.8 | 91 | 4.3 | 506 | 24.1 | 50 | 2.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 78 | 42 | 6 | 0.3 | 13 | 49 | ||
17 | Gallagher, Adrian | 16 | 289 | 19.3 | 51 | 3.4 | 340 | 22.7 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 0.8 | 8 | 80 | ||
49 | Gallagher, Ross | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 17 | 5.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
27 | Gieschen, Jeff | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 41 | 6.8 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | ||
13 | Gingell, Glenn | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 18 | 2.3 | 106 | 13.3 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 23 | ||
7 | Huppatz, Ray | 10 | 156 | 15.6 | 15 | 1.5 | 171 | 17.1 | 26 | 2.6 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 1.3 | 15 | 93 | ||||
25 | Jennings, Geoff | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 24 | 3.4 | 78 | 11.1 | 9 | 1.3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
28 | Low, Ian | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 30 | 3.0 | 127 | 12.7 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 0.8 | 9 | 57 | ||
23 | Magee, Stuart | 12 | 164 | 13.7 | 48 | 4.0 | 212 | 17.7 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 6 | 42 | ||
16 | McMillan, Marty | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 6 | 1.2 | 65 | 13.0 | 7 | 1.4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
19 | Merrington, Gary | 17 | 103 | 6.4 | 18 | 1.1 | 121 | 7.6 | 25 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 14 | ||
8 | Morrison, Ian | 14 | 143 | 11.0 | 11 | 0.8 | 154 | 11.8 | 46 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 0.2 | 6 | 24 | ||
26 | Murrie, Richard | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 11 | 1.8 | 59 | 9.8 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 10 | ||
1 | Parke, Greg | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 60 | 4.3 | 231 | 16.5 | 97 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 31 | 21 | 1.5 | 18 | 144 | ||
37 | Perussich, Lee | 13 | 124 | 10.3 | 49 | 4.1 | 173 | 14.4 | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0.4 | 4 | 34 | ||
21 | Power, Stephen | 21 | 283 | 14.2 | 52 | 2.6 | 335 | 16.8 | 56 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 38 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | ||
2 | Quinlan, Bernie | 22 | 285 | 13.6 | 46 | 2.2 | 331 | 15.8 | 100 | 4.8 | 39 | 4.3 | 42 | 52 | 36 | 1.6 | 17 | 233 | ||
11 | Rasmussen, Ivan | 12 | 122 | 11.1 | 25 | 2.3 | 147 | 13.4 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 0.8 | 10 | 64 | ||
33 | Reid, John | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
14 | Round, Barry | 20 | 129 | 6.8 | 72 | 3.8 | 201 | 10.6 | 77 | 4.1 | 47 | 6.7 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 0.3 | 5 | 35 | ||
6 | Sachse, Neil | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 8 | 4.0 | 31 | 15.5 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
18 | Salmon, Ian | 11 | 47 | 4.7 | 27 | 2.7 | 74 | 7.4 | 20 | 2.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
9 | Sandilands, Laurie | 19 | 191 | 10.6 | 41 | 2.3 | 232 | 12.9 | 71 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 37 | 47 | 2.5 | 22 | 304 | ||
29 | Simmons, Grant | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | Stoneham, Alan | 17 | 184 | 11.5 | 78 | 4.9 | 262 | 16.4 | 41 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 31 | 2 | 0.1 | 4 | 16 | ||
31 | Templeton, Kelvin | 14 | 92 | 7.1 | 19 | 1.5 | 111 | 8.5 | 62 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 2.1 | 18 | 192 | ||
4 | Welsh, Peter | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 | ||||
35 | Wheeler, Terry | 19 | 211 | 11.7 | 49 | 2.7 | 260 | 14.4 | 45 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 47 | 3 | 0.2 | 7 | 25 | ||
22 | Whitten Jnr, Ted | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 27 | 3.0 | 88 | 9.8 | 12 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1.0 | 6 | 60 | ||
Totals | 440 | 4853 | 11.0 | 1247 | 2.8 | 6100 | 13.9 | 1420 | 3.2 | 264 | 0.6 | 843 | 835 | 284 | 0.6 | 238 | 1942 |