1976 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1976 between Melbourne and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (15.14.104) were defeated by Essendon (18.11.119).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 10 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,009

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 15.14.104 - 18.11.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Essendon 5 . 2 7 . 5 13 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 21 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
G. Williams

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 3 0 3 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 7 0 0 4
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 2 0 0 2
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 6 0 3 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 2 25 15 10 2 0 3 1
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 6 1 16 11 5 5 0 4 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 0 6 2 4 2 1 0 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 4 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 3 0 0 2
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 1 1 23 13 10 4 0 1 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 0 0 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 2
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 9 8 2 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 4
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 4 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 3 29 23 6 5 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 14 276 205 71 68 9 30 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 2 3 3 4
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 4 2 10 10 0 7 0 2 1
45 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0
42 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 2 0 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 2 0 2 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 2 0
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 5 1 6 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 3 6 0 0
43 McDonald, Paul ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 6 0 2 2
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 5 1 26 13 13 13 13 7 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 4 0 6 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 2 0 1 6
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 1 1 0
17 Tyler, Trevor ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 2 0 2 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 0 31 27 4 4 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 11 299 231 68 68 24 44 28

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