1976 VFL Season Round 21: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1976 between Collingwood and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Len Thompson captained the hosts with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Murray Weideman and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Collingwood (20.20.140) defeated Essendon (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 19,036

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 20.20.140 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 7 9 . 11 16 . 15 20 . 20 20 . 20 (140)
Essendon 2 . 3 9 . 8 10 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin COLL by 16 COLL by 3 COLL by 37 COLL by 51 COLL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 4 4
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 2 0 1 4
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 6 2 13 12 1 5 0 6 4
33 Dellamarta, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 4 5 29 27 2 10 0 2 2
35 Foley, Kerry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 2 1 14 8 6 3 0 0 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 4
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 9 0 2 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 3
49 Jessop, Russell ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 6 0 5 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 7 4 0 1
44 Moyle, Graeme ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1
18 Richardson, Wayne (avc) ? ? 2 4 28 26 2 7 0 7 4
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 28 19 9 8 0 1 3
2 Thompson, Len (ac) ? ? 0 0 22 8 14 6 18 5 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 26 12 14 6 0 2 0
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 3
19 Wise, John ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 20 291 224 67 88 22 44 49

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 3
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
42 Cahill, Terry ? ? 3 1 21 18 3 0 0 4 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 6 0 2 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 5 0 0 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 26 20 6 5 0 9 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 5
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 3 4
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 4 2 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 5 7 2 1
56 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 0 2 22 13 9 5 0 7 4
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 0 16 15 1 6 0 5 8
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 6 0 1 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 3 17 13 4 2 0 1 2
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 0 1 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 17 257 206 51 65 11 49 44

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