1976 VFA Grand Final: Port Melbourne v Dandenong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1976 between Port Melbourne and Dandenong in the grand final of the 1976 VFA season. Port Melbourne hosted Dandenong at Junction Oval. The hosts were coached by Norm Brown.

As a result of this match, Port Melbourne were the premiers and Dandenong were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFA Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Port Melbourne v Dandenong
Date: Sunday 19 September 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 32,137

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Dandenong
Score: 19.18.132 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Melbourne 8 . 5 12 . 10 13 . 14 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Dandenong 3 . 2 5 . 6 8 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin PMLB by 33 PMLB by 46 PMLB by 33 PMLB by 57 PMLB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Norm Brown (Port Melbourne), unknown (Dandenong)
Captains: unknown (Port Melbourne), unknown (Dandenong)

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Brown, Norm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (1 player) 19 18 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+

Dandenong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s