1976 VFL Round 21: Collingwood v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1976 between Collingwood and Essendon during round 21 of the 1976 VFL season.
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
L. Thompson (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, S. Bond, P. Carman, J. Dellamarta, R. Dunne, K. Foley, W. Gordon, D. Gott, R. Hyde, A. Ireland, R. Jessop, P. Moore, G. Moyle, R. Shaw, R. Wearmouth, T. Wight, J. Wise
Essendon
G. Moss (capt.), K. Fletcher (vice-capt.), R. Amos, B. Berry, T. Cahill, R. Close, M. Crow, N. Fields, B. Grinter, P. Hickmott, S. Madden, J. Mihocek, R. Newton, G. Parkes, K. Roberts, D. Scanlon, R. Shaw, B. Walsh, L. Watson, A. Wilson
Collingwood (20.20.140) defeated Essendon (12.17.89).
Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. Carman (6), R. Dunne (4), W. Gordon (2), W. Richardson (2), J. Wise (2), G. Anderson, A. Atkinson, P. Moore, R. Wearmouth
Essendon: K. Roberts (4), T. Cahill (3), J. Mihocek (2), B. Walsh (2), S. Madden
As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 12th on the ladder and Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
Murray Weideman
(Collingwood),
Bill Stephen
(Essendon)
Captains:
Len Thompson
(Collingwood),
Graham Moss
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
Wayne Richardson
(Collingwood),
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||