1976 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 1976 between Footscray and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Footscray (7.10.52) were defeated by Melbourne (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 June 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,464

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.10.52 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 3 . 6 6 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Melbourne 1 . 1 6 . 14 7 . 16 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin FOOT by 16 MELB by 26 MELB by 13 MELB by 52 MELB by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 3 1 18 14 4 5 0 3 1
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 3 0 2 1
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 3 0 3 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 8 11 1 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 1 24 22 2 5 0 4 4
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 3 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 5 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 2 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 4 0 5 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 2 0 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 1
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 5 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 7 0 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 9 1 1 5
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 10 269 204 65 66 14 48 42

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 3 0 1 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 2 16 14 2 6 0 2 6
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 24 14 10 5 0 3 3
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 2 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 2 0 2 4
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 3 19 15 4 2 0 4 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 4 3
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 5 0 2 4
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 1 1 3
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 3 15 8 7 2 0 2 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 0 1 0
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 8 10 2 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 1 19 18 1 6 2 4 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 4 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 6 0 5 7
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 20 287 209 78 70 13 41 48

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