1976 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1976 between Melbourne and Footscray during round two of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Melbourne (16.9.105) were defeated by Footscray (23.15.153).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,707

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 16.9.105 - 23.15.153

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 4 11 . 5 13 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Footscray 6 . 4 14 . 4 19 . 11 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
Margin MELB by 6 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 48 FOOT by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 ? 0 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 ? 3 4
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 ? 1 2
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 3 0 17 14 3 5 ? 3 7
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 1 ? 1 2
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 4 21 14 7 5 ? 2 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 ? 1 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 1 ? 2 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 25 19 6 2 ? 4 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 ? 5 2
31 Goss, Paul ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 0 ? 1 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 2 0 15 9 6 4 ? 4 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 7 ? 0 1
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 1 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 ? 2 2
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 ? 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 4 1 15 14 1 12 ? 0 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 4 ? 1 1
29 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 4 ? 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 9 275 200 75 64 0+ 34 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 1 28 20 8 5 0 0 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 29 19 10 3 0 4 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 13 27 7 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 3 7
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 2
13 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 3 0 0 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 1 22 14 8 2 0 1 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 4 1 19 16 3 0 0 2 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 1 12 9 3 2 0 1 1
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 2 1 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 5 18 15 3 9 4 2 0
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 1 9 8 1 5 0 2 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 3 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 15 320 227 93 68 35 37 33

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