1976 VFL Season Round 20: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1976 between Footscray and Collingwood during round twenty of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Len Thompson captained the visitors with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Murray Weideman.

Footscray (18.16.124) defeated Collingwood (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 14 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,805

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Collingwood
Score: 18.16.124 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 8 . 3 10 . 7 15 . 15 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Collingwood 3 . 2 7 . 5 10 . 5 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin FOOT by 31 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 40 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson (acting)
Vice-Captain: Wayne Richardson (acting)
Coach: Murray Weideman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 4 0 31 18 13 8 0 2 4
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 10 18 4 3
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 6 0 3 3
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 5 0 3 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 3 2 34 27 7 6 0 2 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 3 9 9 0 4 0 2 1
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 2 2
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 3 1 3 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 0 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 2 2 2 3
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 6 0 1 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 3 19 14 5 11 0 0 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 10 2 3
34 Wheeler, Garry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 16 317 228 89 89 31 36 42

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 2 1 21 16 5 3 0 6 2
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 4 0 1 2
33 Dellamarta, John ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 2 19 15 4 8 2 3 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 2
49 Jessop, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 0 0 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 1 14 12 2 8 4 2 1
44 Moyle, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 2 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 6 0 2 4
18 Richardson, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 0 30 26 4 6 0 3 1
2 Thompson, Len (ac) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 8 4 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 32 22 10 4 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 9 314 250 64 74 14 42 36

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