1977 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1977 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Essendon (9.9.63) defeated South Melbourne (6.15.51).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,308

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 9.9.63 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	4	6	.	6	8	.	7	9	.	9	9	.	9	(63)
South Melbourne	1	.	5	3	.	8	6	.	12	6	.	15	6	.	15	(51)
Margin	ESSE by 11			ESSE by 16			ESSE by 7			ESSE by 12			ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
35	Berry, Bill	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	0	20	4	5
17	Boyd, Colin	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	1	0	4	4
39	Clarke, Neil	?	?	0	1	12	9	3	0	0	4	5
19	Close, Robin	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	3	4
31	Crow, Max	?	?	3	4	14	12	2	4	7	4	3
25	Early, Phillip	?	?	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	4	0
21	Fletcher, Ken (c)	?	?	0	0	19	18	1	3	0	5	4
38	Foulds, Garry	?	?	0	1	23	19	4	3	0	3	2
13	Mansfield, Ken	?	?	2	0	27	19	8	2	0	10	2
42	Muir, Russell	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	2	0
34	Neagle, Merv	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	0	4
6	Roberts, Ken	?	?	1	0	23	20	3	4	0	4	10
24	Robins, Stephen	?	?	0	0	19	19	0	2	0	6	5
36	Scanlon, Denis	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	3	0	3	3
18	Vander Haar, Paul	?	?	0	1	10	7	3	2	1	1	3
12	Walsh, Brian	?	?	0	1	11	8	3	0	0	1	4
22	Watson, Larry	?	?	0	1	11	8	3	1	0	6	4
32	Watson, Tim	?	?	3	0	9	7	2	0	0	3	3
33	Wilson, Andy	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	0
29	Young, Gary	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				9	9	262	211	51	35	28	67	65

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
24	Blair, John	?	?	0	1	9	7	2	3	0	1	2
22	Carter, Peter	?	?	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	2
2	Daniher, Terry	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	2	3
13	Dempster, Graham	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	3	3
15	Evans, Wayne	?	?	1	0	19	10	9	1	0	3	2
28	Goodingham, Barry	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	3	19	6	5
12	Goss, Norm	?	?	0	1	29	28	1	2	0	8	4
34	Gull, Stewart	?	?	1	1	3	3	0	2	2	1	2
27	Hounsell, Colin	?	?	0	2	17	11	6	1	0	4	3
33	Lambert, Greg	?	?	0	1	23	14	9	5	0	7	2
29	McLeish, David	?	?	0	0	17	14	3	6	0	3	4
35	Morrison, Peter	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	4	1
19	O'Neill, Terry	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	4	3
16	Quade, Ricky (c)	?	?	0	1	27	19	8	2	0	3	3
5	Rantall, John	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	3	0	3	4
23	Robertson, Max	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	0	0	2	6
25	Round, Barry	?	?	0	2	13	7	6	6	8	1	6
10	Woodman, Brian	?	?	3	1	23	14	9	5	0	3	7
14	Young, David	?	?	0	2	19	14	5	2	0	2	3
30	Zantuck, Shane	?	?	1	1	19	15	4	3	0	5	2
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				6	15	309	219	90	53	30	65	67

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

Links

1977 VFL Season

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