1977 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1977 between Essendon and St Kilda during round one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, vice-captain Ron Andrews captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ross Smith.

Essendon (14.25.109) defeated St Kilda (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 2 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,625

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 14.25.109 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 12 . 11 13 . 20 14 . 25 14 . 25 (109)
St Kilda 3 . 3 5 . 9 6 . 13 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews (acting)
Coach: Bill Stephen

St Kilda

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Ross Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (ac) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 4 7
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 2
15 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 2 1
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 10 0 2 3
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 9 0 2 2
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 3 6 1 4
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 4 2 30 20 10 8 1 4 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 8 11 10 1 9 0 2 0
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 2 3 23 12 11 6 1 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 10 13 2 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 1 0 1 1
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 5 0 1 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 7 0 4 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 4
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 2 24 15 9 2 0 1 3
29 Young, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 25 310 212 98 93 21 33 44

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 3 0 2 0
13 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 2
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 11 0 2 5
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 1 0 1 0
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 0 0 5 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 3 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 0 11 3 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 3 0 5 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 2 1 34 24 10 13 0 7 1
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 6 0 2 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 2
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 5 0 1 1
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 3 0 2 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 8 11 5 1
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 3 0 4 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 2
27 Young, George ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 17 292 219 73 78 22 46 33

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