1976 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1976 between Essendon and St Kilda during round eighteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (12.7.79) were defeated by St Kilda (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 31 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 26,572

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 12.7.79 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 6 . 3 10 . 4 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
St Kilda 6 . 6 12 . 9 14 . 10 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin STKL by 24 STKL by 42 STKL by 30 STKL by 38 STKL by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

St Kilda

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 1
42 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 3 0 3 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 8 0 1 3
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 4 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 2 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 1 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 5 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 4
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 5 4 1 2 6 0 0
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 7 11 5 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 3 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 3 0 3 8
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 6 0 2 3
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 0 22 21 1 4 0 3 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 7 274 215 59 68 21 39 45

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 2
25 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 3 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 13 0 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 32 22 10 0 0 7 2
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 8 0 3 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 8 1 6 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 3 16 2 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 2 0 1 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 2
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 8 0 2 3
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 4 3 19 16 3 8 0 1 1
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 4
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 4 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 1 4 1
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 4
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 2 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 3 1 20 11 9 4 14 3 2
27 Young, George ? ? 1 3 15 14 1 5 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 15 315 225 90 85 32 45 39

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