"Life on Mars" WOOF style - the current Doggies play in 1973

[Dry Rot]

1973 GF:

Carlton 2.2 7.6 9.9 12.14 (86)

Richmond 3.5 11.8 15.11 16.20 (116)

1972 was the high scoring game.

Carlton 8.4 18.6 25.9 28.9 (177)

Richmond 5.4 10.9 15.15 22.18 (150)

Looks kind of strange seeing Ninthmond in GF scores.....

[LostDoggy]

Footscray played Carlton and Richmond in the last two rounds of 1973. These two teams played off a few weeks later in the Grand Final.

Guess what we beat them both- Dempsey kicked two late goals in the Richmond game- this was at the MCG- one was after marking a kick by Robert Rose, the coaches son.

Robert Rose in early 1974 like Neil Sachse in April 1975 was to also end up in a wheelchair. That information is for you who have not heard of both Rose and Sachse.

[LostDoggy]

The shootout 72 GF was actually on Foxtel tonight! The noticable differences in todays play were:
Long indiscriminate kicking to no one in particular.
A lot of one on one marking contests.
Players copping knocks and just getting on with it.

[GVGjr]

The shootout 72 GF was actually on Foxtel tonight! The noticable differences in todays play were:
Long indiscriminate kicking to no one in particular.
A lot of one on one marking contests.
Players copping knocks and just getting on with it.

Music to my ears.

Hasn't the game changed? Very much a speed game now and vastly more disciplined.

[LostDoggy]

Very much a speed game now and vastly more disciplined.

I was actually surprised with the speed in the 72 GF. Maybe this was an anomaly as it was a shoot out and it may of been a hot day.

The player that copped a lot of knocks was Jezza.

[bornadog]

I was actually surprised with the speed in the 72 GF. Maybe this was an anomaly as it was a shoot out and it may of been a hot day.

The player that copped a lot of knocks was Jezza.

I went to that GF with a mate who was a Richmond supporter. We were both 16 years old and had standing room tickets. Some how we both bought 6 cans each and took them into the ground, no esky. By the time we drank the last can they were boiling hot. I can't believe I was drinking so much at that age.