1977 VFA Grand Final: Port Melbourne v Sandringham

This is the match report for the match played on 25 September 1977 between Port Melbourne and Sandringham in the grand final of the 1977 VFA season. Port Melbourne hosted Sandringham at Junction Oval. The hosts were coached by Norm Brown and the visitors were coached by Darrell MacKenzie.

As a result of this match, Port Melbourne were the premiers and Sandringham were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFA Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Port Melbourne v Sandringham
Date: Sunday 25 September 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 29,664

Match Results

Outcome: Port Melbourne def. Sandringham
Score: 23.19.157 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Melbourne 6 . 4 13 . 10 18 . 14 23 . 19 23 . 19 (157)
Sandringham 2 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 8 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin PMLB by 26 PMLB by 66 PMLB by 96 PMLB by 100 PMLB by 100
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Norm Brown (Port Melbourne), Darrell MacKenzie (Sandringham)
Captains: unknown (Port Melbourne), unknown (Sandringham)

Player Statistics

Port Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sandringham

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Lyons, Marty ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (1 player) 7 15 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+

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