1977 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1977 between Melbourne and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (9.16.70) defeated Essendon (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,743

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 9.16.70 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 5 . 8 6 . 11 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Essendon 1 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin MELB by 19 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 4 13 9 4 5 0 1 2
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 2 3
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 8 1 4 8
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 0 20 15 5 0 0 4 2
20 Cook, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 5 7
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 4 4 2 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 6 0 1 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 6 0 6 0
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 4
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 6 2
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 0 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 5 1 0 7
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 1 3 29 17 12 5 0 4 4
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 2 21 19 2 10 13 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 25 24 1 7 1 8 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 16 275 213 62 70 20 52 56

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 4 9
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 17 1 4
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 5 0
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 5 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 5 2 16 15 1 9 11 2 0
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 2 0 4 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 4 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 1 0 5 6
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 4 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 4 6
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 3 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 5 0 2 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 3 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 6 4 4 2
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 4 20 16 4 5 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 11 279 221 58 59 32 56 49

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