1976 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1976 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round three of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Footscray (20.14.134) defeated South Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,580

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 20.14.134 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 5 7 . 9 16 . 11 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
South Melbourne 3 . 0 8 . 6 11 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin FOOT by 17 SMLB by 3 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
M. Dye

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 2 20 18 2 3 1 2 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 5 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 11 17 5 5
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 28 23 5 7 1 5 2
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 0 28 24 4 12 0 0 4
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 4 0 2 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 2 2 2 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 2 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 4 1 21 13 8 5 0 4 4
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 5 0 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 4 6 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 7 2 15 15 0 9 0 4 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 2 3 4
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 1 3 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 14 309 241 68 80 30 51 43

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 0 0 4 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 1 5 4
24 Blair, John ? ? 2 2 15 14 1 0 0 4 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 5 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 1
36 Elliott, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 0 1
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 12 4 4
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 4 28 24 4 1 0 4 4
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 5 0 2 4
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 4
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 1 4
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 2 22 20 2 3 1 2 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 9 2 4
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 2
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 3 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 11 255 208 47 40 26 43 52

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