1976 VFL Round 6: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1976 between Footscray and St Kilda during round 6 of the 1976 VFL season. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Collins, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, J. Gieschen, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, I. Low, A. Lynch, R. Murrie, K. Newland, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Salmon, K. Templeton, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

St Kilda
C. Ditterich (capt.), I. Baker, T. Barker, N. Besanko, B. Breen, P. Callery, C. Carter, G. Colling, B. Duperouzel, G. Elliott, R. Elliott, R. Hunt, B. Lawrence, G. Lofts, B. Mildenhall, R. Muir, K. Neale, J. Sarau, S. Theodore, G. Young

Footscray (11.9.75) defeated St Kilda (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Footscray: I. Dunstan (3), R. Abbey (2), G. Jennings (2), B. Quinlan (2), I. Low, T. Whitten
St Kilda: R. Hunt (2), S. Theodore (2), G. Young (2), B. Breen, G. Lofts, K. Neale, J. Sarau

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 4th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 8 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,978

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 11.9.75 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 4 . 4 8 . 9 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
St Kilda 0 . 0 5 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin FOOT by 21 STKL by 6 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Footscray), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), Carl Ditterich (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, M. Dye

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 3 0 2 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 11 10 4 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 1 18 16 2 4 0 2 1
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 4 0 4 4
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 0 23 14 9 3 0 2 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 1 0 2 1
6 Lynch, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 0 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 1
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 4 1 2 6
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 0 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 5 1 6 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 3 0 2 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 3 0 1 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 1 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 294 221 73 68 12 45 40

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 2
25 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 2 1
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 3
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 3 29 22 7 2 0 3 2
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 1 0 1 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 7 2 2 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 7 2 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 4 0 1 0
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 5 4
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 1 15 15 0 9 0 1 4
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 4
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 0 0 4 3
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 5 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 0 14 3 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 10 7 1 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 2
27 Young, George ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 4 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 10 302 219 83 69 30 40 45

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