1976 VFL Season Round 7: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1976 between St Kilda and Essendon during round seven of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

St Kilda (9.15.69) were defeated by Essendon (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 19,864

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 9.15.69 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 15 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 5 8 . 7 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin STKL by 4 ESSE by 10 STKL by 8 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
K. Smith

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
25 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 3 1
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0
1 Bonney, John ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 3
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 7 0 4 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 1 0 5 2
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 6 0 5 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 17 4 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 3 0 2 3
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 4 0
6 Greene, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 6 0 3 2
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0
22 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 2
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 2 2 24 23 1 4 0 9 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 0 7 2 5
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 5 0 1 1
27 Young, George ? ? 3 4 12 10 2 6 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 15 279 222 57 60 24 49 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 0 4 3
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 4
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 4 11 10 1 8 0 2 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 8 0 0 2
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 5 2 3 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 3 0 0 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 1 15 15 0 3 0 2 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 3 6
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 14 7 2 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 6
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 5 0 4 3
32 Staehr, Howard ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 3
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 0 21 19 2 3 0 2 1
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 25 24 1 4 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 234 204 30 74 9 29 50

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