1977 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1977 between Footscray and Melbourne during round two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Footscray (18.8.116) defeated Melbourne (12.23.95).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Monday 11 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,297

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 18.8.116 - 12.23.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 2 9 . 4 13 . 5 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 8 10 . 19 12 . 23 12 . 23 (95)
Margin FOOT by 17 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 ? 20 16 4 3 0 ? ?
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 ? 15 13 2 5 16 ? ?
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 ? 20 13 7 6 0 ? ?
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 ? 5 4 1 1 0 ? ?
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 ? 11 5 6 4 0 ? ?
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 ? 23 18 5 7 0 ? ?
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 3 ? 18 17 1 3 0 ? ?
28 Low, Ian ? ? 3 ? 16 14 2 7 0 ? ?
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 ? 19 17 2 11 0 ? ?
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 ? 17 13 4 6 0 ? ?
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 1 ? 3 3 0 2 0 ? ?
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 ? 12 10 2 4 0 ? ?
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 ? 19 16 3 6 0 ? ?
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 ? 4 4 0 1 0 ? ?
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 ? 20 15 5 1 0 ? ?
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 ? 10 10 0 7 0 ? ?
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 ? 8 3 5 1 0 ? ?
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 ? 10 9 1 1 0 ? ?
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 ? 9 9 0 1 0 ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 18 8 259 209 50 77 16 0+ 0+

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 ? 13 9 4 6 0 ? ?
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 ? 13 10 3 7 0 ? ?
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 ? 18 12 6 5 0 ? ?
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 ? 23 17 6 3 0 ? ?
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 ? 18 12 6 3 0 ? ?
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 ? 6 5 1 2 0 ? ?
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 ? 23 17 6 2 0 ? ?
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 ? 16 14 2 2 0 ? ?
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 ? 13 7 6 1 0 ? ?
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ? 2 2 0 1 0 ? ?
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 ? 18 10 8 5 0 ? ?
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 ? 19 15 4 5 0 ? ?
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 ? 8 8 0 4 0 ? ?
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 ? 12 7 5 1 0 ? ?
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 3 ? 14 10 4 5 16 ? ?
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 ? 15 12 3 2 0 ? ?
26 Sparks, John ? ? 0 ? 13 8 5 0 0 ? ?
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 ? 13 13 0 3 0 ? ?
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 ? 21 16 5 2 0 ? ?
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 ? 8 6 2 3 0 ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 23 286 210 76 62 16 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