1976 VFL Round 22: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1976 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round 22 of the 1976 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Len Thompson captained the hosts with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. Gary Hardeman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Murray Weideman and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Collingwood
L. Thompson (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), G. Anderson, P. Carman, I. Cooper, J. Dellamarta, R. Dunne, K. Foley, W. Gordon, D. Gott, R. Hyde, A. Ireland, R. Jessop, P. Manassa, P. Moore, M. Richardson, R. Shaw, R. Wearmouth, T. Wight, J. Wise

Melbourne
G. Hardeman (capt.), R. Biffin, D. Campbell, T. Carroll, H. Coles, A. Davis, R. Flower, L. Fowler, F. Giampaolo, C. Graham, G. Guy, P. Keays, C. McKellar, P. O'Keefe, G. Osborne, R. Smith, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, G. Wells, C. Woodman

Collingwood (17.11.113) were defeated by Melbourne (18.20.128).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. Carman (7), P. Moore (3), R. Dunne (2), P. Manassa (2), M. Richardson (2), G. Anderson
Melbourne: R. Biffin (4), C. Graham (3), P. Keays (3), T. Carroll (2), A. Davis (2), G. Wells (2), R. Flower, S. Smith

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 28,354

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Melbourne
Score: 17.11.113 - 18.20.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 3 9 . 9 10 . 10 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Melbourne 4 . 6 7 . 12 15 . 16 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Margin COLL by 3 COLL by 9 MELB by 36 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Murray Weideman (Collingwood), Bob Skilton (Melbourne)
Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), Gary Hardeman (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye, M. Henry

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 4 0 0 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 7 0 13 13 0 8 1 0 4
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0
33 Dellamarta, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 4 14 13 1 10 0 0 2
35 Foley, Kerry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 0 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 4 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 3 2
49 Jessop, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 5 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 4
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 3 11 10 1 3 4 4 2
3 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 15 15 0 6 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 2 5 2
2 Thompson, Len (ac) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 13 2 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 4 0 2 2
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 4 2
19 Wise, John ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 11 269 208 61 75 20 37 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 4 2 15 7 8 3 0 2 1
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 1
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 2 3 19 16 3 2 0 3 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 5 0 1 3
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 26 21 5 2 0 6 5
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 27 14 13 7 0 1 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 0
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 3 2 18 16 2 2 0 4 4
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 3 0
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 3 0 1 3
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 9 4 0
38 O'Keefe, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 4
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 4 1
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 2 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 3 18 15 3 6 5 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 3 28 25 3 7 0 3 4
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 20 295 229 66 64 14 43 37

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