1976 VFL Round 12: Essendon v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1976 between Essendon and Footscray during round 12 of the 1976 VFL season.
Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill.
Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain.
Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.
Essendon
G. Moss (capt.), K. Fletcher (vice-capt.), R. Andrews, S. Beaumont, G. Burdett, T. Cahill, R. Close, M. Crow, R. Ellen, N. Fields, B. Grinter, D. Hartigan, G. Hatcher, P. Hickmott, S. Madden, K. Mansfield, R. Newton, G. Parkes, K. Roberts, P. Wellington
Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, D. Blair, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, I. Hampshire, R. Huppatz, G. Jennings, K. Newland, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, J. Reid, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten
Essendon (12.17.89) defeated Footscray (12.7.79).
Goalkickers
Essendon: R. Close (6), N. Fields (2), S. Beaumont, T. Cahill, S. Madden, K. Mansfield
Footscray: K. Templeton (4), G. Dempsey (2), T. Whitten (2), R. Abbey, R. Huppatz, L. Perussich, B. Quinlan
As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Footscray were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1976 VFL Season
Round:
Round 12
Teams:
Essendon
v
Footscray
Date:
Saturday 19 June 1976
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
18,863
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 2 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 14 | 12 | . | 17 | 12 | . | 17 | (89) |
| Footscray | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 7 | (79) |
| Margin | ESSE by 1 | ESSE by 20 | ESSE by 8 | ESSE by 10 | ESSE by 10 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bill Stephen
(Essendon),
Bill Goggin
(Footscray)
Captains:
Graham Moss
(Essendon),
Laurie Sandilands
(Footscray)
Vice-Captains:
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
T. Bryant,
B. Deller
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Andrews, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Beaumont, Steve | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 | Burdett, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | Cahill, Terry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Ellen, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | Grinter, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | Hartigan, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Hatcher, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Hickmott, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Mansfield, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 25 | Moss, Graham (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Newton, Rob | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Parkes, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Roberts, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 39 | Wellington, Pat | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 17 | 270 | 204 | 66 | 67 | 8 | 44 | 51 | |||
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Abbey, Ross | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Blair, Dennis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Dunstan, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Featherby, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | Hampshire, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Huppatz, Ray | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 | Jennings, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Newland, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 23 | Perussich, Lee | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Power, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Quinlan, Bernie | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | Reid, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Salmon, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Sandilands, Laurie (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Stoneham, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Templeton, Kelvin | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Welsh, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Wheeler, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 7 | 274 | 212 | 62 | 59 | 20 | 51 | 44 | |||