1977 VFL Season Round 9: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1977 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round nine of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

St Kilda (18.19.127) were defeated by Melbourne (20.12.132).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 15,254

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 18.19.127 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 9 . 5 12 . 11 16 . 18 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Melbourne 2 . 1 10 . 5 12 . 7 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Margin STKL by 46 STKL by 18 STKL by 35 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Ross Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 2
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
40 Blackburn, David ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 2 0 2 1
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 3 0 4 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 11 0 3
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 0 0 4 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 3 2 25 15 10 3 0 2 4
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 3 3
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 5 0 1 0
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 1 0 1 0
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 4 0 2 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 2 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 16 4 5
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 2 0 2 2
44 Williams, Craig ? ? 3 1 15 8 7 4 0 3 3
27 Young, George ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 1 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 19 286 210 76 46 27 39 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 5 1 20 12 8 7 0 1 4
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 4
15 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 4 0 2 2
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 5 1 12 8 4 5 1 1 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 2 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 2 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 2
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 3 0 2 4
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 3 0 1 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 10 1 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 1 3 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 1
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 3 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 2 3 29 28 1 4 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 12 269 196 73 59 14 32 41

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