1976 VFL Round 9: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1976 between Collingwood and Footscray during round 9 of the 1976 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Murray Weideman and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, P. Carman, I. Cooper, R. Dunne, W. Gordon, D. Gott, K. Grose, R. Kink, P. Manassa, P. Moore, R. Oborne, B. Picken, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, R. Shaw, R. Wearmouth, T. Wight

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Blair, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, R. Gallagher, I. Hampshire, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, I. Low, K. Newland, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Collingwood (10.16.76) were defeated by Footscray (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: R. Dunne (2), M. Richardson (2), P. Carman, P. Moore, R. Oborne, W. Richardson, R. Shaw, L. Thompson
Footscray: K. Templeton (3), R. Abbey (2), I. Dunstan (2), R. Huppatz (2), P. Welsh (2), I. Low, T. Whitten

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Footscray remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 36,042

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Footscray
Score: 10.16.76 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 4 7 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Footscray 1 . 1 7 . 3 12 . 8 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin COLL by 9 COLL by 4 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Murray Weideman (Collingwood), Bill Goggin (Footscray)
Captains: Des Tuddenham (Collingwood), Laurie Sandilands (Footscray)
Vice-Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hedger, M. Henry

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 1 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 0 1
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 4
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 3 2 3 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 9 0 1 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 0 4
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 3 3 3 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 1 3 11 8 3 3 0 2 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 8 0 6 4
3 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 21 19 2 3 1 3 4
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 5 0 1 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 3 16 16 0 3 0 5 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 0 12 3 2
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 16 250 200 50 67 18 40 43

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 3 0 2 2
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 10 3 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 3 0 4 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 4 0 3 3
38 Gallagher, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 6 2 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 2 0 1 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 3 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 2 1 0 2
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 1 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 3 12 11 1 6 0 2 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 9 2 1 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 0 6 0
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 2 0 6 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 8 284 212 72 73 20 43 40

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