1977 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1977 between Essendon and Melbourne during round four of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, vice-captain Ron Andrews captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Essendon (19.10.124) defeated Melbourne (16.24.120).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,529

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 19.10.124 - 16.24.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 7 11 . 8 13 . 8 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Melbourne 1 . 4 7 . 9 11 . 19 16 . 24 16 . 24 (120)
Margin ESSE by 27 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews (acting)
Coach: Bill Stephen

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
G. James

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (ac) ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 7 0 4 7
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 7 1 5
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
15 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 4
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 8 0 1 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 1 0 3 1
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 4 16 13 3 3 0 5 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 5 0 6 5
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 0 16 10 6 5 29 3 5
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 0 0 4 1
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 0 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 2 0 5 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 3 0 2 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 7 0 21 18 3 3 0 4 0
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 2 2 2 2
29 Young, Gary ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 10 258 187 71 58 38 47 45

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 4 3 3 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 6 13 10 3 3 0 1 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 1 26 16 10 4 0 5 7
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 3 2 7 7 0 4 0 1 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 3 0 3 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 3 1 4 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 3
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 1 0 4 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 1 0 3 1
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 0 1 2 5
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 2 0 2 4
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 2 0 2 2
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 2 10 2 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 0 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 2 5
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 1 1 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 24 272 200 72 43 16 45 47

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