1979 Round 1: Melbourne v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday, April 7th, 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,133
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.17.125 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 3 12 . 7 13 . 10 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Footscray 4 . 5 7 . 11 13 . 13 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Margin MEL by 16 MEL by 26 FOO by 3 MEL by 12 MEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Carl Ditterich (Melbourne), Don McKenzie (Footscray)
Captain(s): Carl Ditterich (Melbourne), Geoff Jennings (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Bill Deller, Kenneth Norris
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 ? ? 3 2 16 10 6 10 11 2 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 4 11 7 4 2 1 1 3
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 7 0 2 2
3 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 6 0 4 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 8 17 2 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 3 0 18 9 9 6 0 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 27 18 9 4 0 4 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 0
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 1 3
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 3 0 1 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 9 0 2 4
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 4 1
Rushed 3
Total 18 17 294 207 87 80 29 40 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 12 2 3
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 0 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 3 31 24 7 2 2 1 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 3 0 6 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 0 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 7 11 0 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 1
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 2 0 1 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 1 4
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 2 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 7 0 0 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 4 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 3 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 4 10 10 0 4 0 1 1
43 Tivendale, Norm ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 3 20 16 4 0 0 2 2
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 0 0 1 3
Rushed 4
Total 16 17 291 217 74 56 25 34 40

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: Carl Ditterich
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Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie

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