1977 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1977 between Footscray and Geelong during round ten of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Footscray (21.14.140) defeated Geelong (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,093

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 21.14.140 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 6 . 9 11 . 11 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Geelong 4 . 2 8 . 5 12 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin level GEEL by 8 GEEL by 5 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 4 1 3 2
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 6 22 6 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 3 34 30 4 9 0 3 2
19 Fleming, Phil ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 2 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 6 9 1 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 1 31 21 10 6 0 2 5
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
44 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 0
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 8 0 3 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 34 26 8 6 0 6 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 9 3 16 16 0 9 0 1 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 3 0 15 13 2 6 2 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 21 14 313 228 85 80 34 38 38

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 4 1 5
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 3 15 9 6 6 0 2 2
7 Brimacombe, John ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 1 0 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 0 0 2 2
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 2 0 1 4
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 1 3 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 8 2 14 13 1 11 0 1 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 1 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 4 0 5 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 0 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 10 4 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 4 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 3 29 24 5 3 0 6 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 1 1 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 3 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 13 283 205 78 59 17 37 38

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