1977 VFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1977 between Essendon and Collingwood during round fifteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Max Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (14.19.103) were defeated by Collingwood (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 9 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,042

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Collingwood
Score: 14.19.103 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 13 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Collingwood 2 . 2 6 . 5 12 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 1 COLL by 2 COLL by 11 COLL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 4 3 10 9 1 4 0 2 1
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 2 0 2 1
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 3 0 3 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 11 2 0 2
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 0
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 3 1 24 19 5 5 0 3 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 0 2 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 7 30 8 4
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 0 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 3 10 7 3 0 0 2 5
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 2 1 5 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 6 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 2 4 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 2 19 16 3 8 3 2 5
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 4 1 5 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 19 275 226 49 70 39 54 35

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 2 2
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 6 0 1 2
4 Batt, Murrie ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 4 1 16 10 6 5 0 0 6
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 2 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 4 0 1 4
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 3 1 1 7
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 3 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 4 4 17 13 4 4 0 3 1
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 4
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 2 2
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 3 0 1 4
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 3 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 15 3 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 1 1 2 3
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 2
19 Wise, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 12 248 184 64 55 19 35 54

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