1977 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1977 between Collingwood and Footscray during round one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Max Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Collingwood (19.16.130) defeated Footscray (18.11.119).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 2 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 27,815

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 19.16.130 - 18.11.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 7 . 6 11 . 8 17 . 11 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Footscray 5 . 1 9 . 3 11 . 5 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Margin COLL by 17 COLL by 17 COLL by 42 COLL by 11 COLL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Max Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 1 0 2 3
4 Batt, Murrie ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 5 0 1
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 5 0 2 0
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 3 1 22 16 6 10 1 2 4
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 3 17 14 3 4 0 2 3
35 Foley, Kerry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 3
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 4 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 1 2 1
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 2 1 3 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 3 1 20 18 2 5 2 2 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 4 2 23 18 5 6 0 1 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 14 3 4
3 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 2 20 11 9 2 1 3 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 16 251 195 56 62 25 39 43

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 0
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 7 0 3 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 37 6 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 6
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 3 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 0 24 19 5 2 0 2 3
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 4 0 0 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 0 1 5
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 4
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 8 0 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 4 15 14 1 4 0 3 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 4 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 2 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 11 278 213 65 68 37 43 39

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