1977 VFL Season Round 12: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1977 between St Kilda and Essendon during round twelve of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ross Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

St Kilda (5.12.42) were defeated by Essendon (5.16.46).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,337

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 5.12.42 - 5.16.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 0 3 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Essendon 2 . 7 2 . 10 5 . 15 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Margin ESSE by 13 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Smith

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 3
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 3
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 0 6 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 3 19 13 6 2 0 3 5
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 1 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 3
46 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 1 0 6 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 2 0 29 25 4 6 0 5 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 4 2
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 5 4 6 5
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 6 0 4 3
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 7 12 3 8
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 3 3
44 Williams, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 5 12 273 215 58 50 16 53 53

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 1 4 0
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 1
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 0 0 2 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 1
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 2 3 9 8 1 4 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 30 28 2 8 0 2 9
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 0 3 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 7 17 6 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 1 0 11 6
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 3
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 3 25 18 7 8 0 2 7
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 4 0 3 5
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 3 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 2 4 4
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 3 13 9 4 7 0 0 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 3 0 1 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 2
29 Young, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 5 16 300 244 56 68 23 53 53

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