1977 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1977 between Essendon and Footscray during round six of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Essendon (13.11.89) were defeated by Footscray (29.15.189).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,399

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 13.11.89 - 29.15.189

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 6 9 . 6 11 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Footscray 5 . 1 12 . 5 18 . 11 29 . 15 29 . 15 (189)
Margin ESSE by 11 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 100 FOOT by 100
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 6
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 1
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 5 0 0 2
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 2 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 2 1 4 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 0 4 5
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 2 0 1 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 2 4
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 5 17 2 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 1 0 4 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 2 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 8 0 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 2 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 0 20 18 2 4 0 4 3
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 246 183 63 56 26 37 46

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 3 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 5 15 3 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 4 0 3 4
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 3 2 19 13 6 8 0 0 6
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 7 2 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 3 3 24 22 2 4 0 4 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 4 0 20 18 2 3 0 3 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 3 0 19 13 6 7 0 3 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 4 2 16 15 1 5 0 2 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 3 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 4 2 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 26 17 9 4 0 4 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 3 8 8 0 4 0 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 3 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 29 15 298 229 69 72 24 46 37

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