1977 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1977 between Footscray and Collingwood during round twelve of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Max Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (5.6.36) were defeated by Collingwood (9.15.69).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 18 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,921

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.6.36 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 3 . 0 5 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Collingwood 2 . 2 5 . 7 6 . 9 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin COLL by 2 COLL by 19 COLL by 10 COLL by 33 COLL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 5 6
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 5
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 16 5 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 3 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 3 1 26 16 10 7 0 3 3
41 Johnson, Matt ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 1 0 3 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 4 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 5 2 2 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 2 2 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 7 0 5 4
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 4 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 4 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 2 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 0 9 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 5 6 271 207 64 61 22 64 48

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 3 3
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 2 3
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 1 0 21 20 1 0 0 5 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 3 18 11 7 6 0 2 7
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 3 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 7 0 4 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 5 1 1 5
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 3
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 3 2 18 15 3 3 0 4 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 2 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 6
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 2 1
29 Pritchard, Lex ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 1 0 4 10
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 2 7 4 3 2 12 1 4
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 3 3
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 4 1
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 2 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 15 255 205 50 50 16 48 64

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