1978 Round 4: Melbourne v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday, April 22nd, 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,865
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.19.127 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 11 . 7 14 . 12 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Footscray 4 . 5 5 . 9 11 . 11 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin MEL by 5 MEL by 34 MEL by 19 MEL by 7 MEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Dennis Jones (Melbourne), Don McKenzie (Footscray)
Captain(s): Greg Wells (Melbourne), Gary Dempsey (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Graeme Fellows, Geoff Polites
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 6 13 4 3
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 7 5 17 17 0 7 0 4 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 1 0 3 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 1 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 3 12 8 4 1 0 0 5
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 1 0
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 5 0 1 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 2 3 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 0 2
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 10 0 3 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 12 0 3 2
24 Richards, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 6 2
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 3 0 0 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 2 11 10 1 2 4 3 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 2
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 30 25 5 5 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total 18 19 303 231 72 79 19 43 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 14 21 2 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 4 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 6 5 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 8 0 1 1
45 Henwood, Don ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 24 19 5 4 0 3 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 1
44 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 3
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 4 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 5 1
50 Scanlan, Glen ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 4 0 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 4 1 23 18 5 1 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total 18 12 297 222 75 81 30 36 43

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones
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Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie

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