1977 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1977 between Collingwood and Essendon during round three of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Max Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, vice-captain Ron Andrews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Collingwood (24.22.166) defeated Essendon (16.19.115).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 26,727

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 24.22.166 - 16.19.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 4 16 . 7 17 . 12 24 . 22 24 . 22 (166)
Essendon 3 . 5 6 . 9 13 . 18 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 58 COLL by 18 COLL by 51 COLL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews (acting)
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 8 2 26 22 4 3 0 1 0
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 4 0 3 2
4 Batt, Murrie ? ? 2 2 6 4 2 3 2 1 0
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 0 1
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 2 25 16 9 6 0 0 1
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 2
33 Dellamarta, John ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 4 2 24 19 5 12 1 1 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 2 1 1 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 1 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 2 2 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 2 1
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 2 2 25 19 6 6 2 2 3
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 1 1 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 4 0 2 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 2 0 19 9 10 7 15 2 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 2 18 11 7 0 0 1 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 1 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 24 22 290 203 87 64 23 26 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (ac) ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 2
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 0
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 6 0 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 3 2
15 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 2 0
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 3 3 17 13 4 0 0 1 0
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 0 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 2
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 7 22 3 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 2 0 0 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 3 6 22 16 6 4 0 4 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 3 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 0 0 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 19 271 188 83 44 28 27 25

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