1977 VFL Season Round 16: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1977 between St Kilda and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Moorabbin Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

St Kilda (10.16.76) were defeated by Footscray (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 12,659

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 10.16.76 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 8 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Footscray 5 . 5 8 . 8 12 . 16 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Smith

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
B. Deller

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 1
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 1 28 20 8 8 0 7 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 0 0 5 3
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 7
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 4 0 4 1
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
30 Ellis, David ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 2 0 6 3
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 4 13 13 0 7 2 5 1
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 4 0 2 5
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 4 1
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 6 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 0
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 34 24 10 15 10 8 2
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 0 2 4
27 Young, George ? ? 2 3 10 8 2 4 0 3 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 16 272 205 67 76 15 63 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 4 0 4 3
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 16 26 4 5
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 3 0 2 5
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 6 0 3 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 26 22 4 4 0 2 5
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 8 16 4 0 1 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 3 17 13 4 4 0 3 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 5 19 17 2 6 4 2 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 1 0 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 8 0 0 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 3 0 1 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 4 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 6
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 0 22 16 6 2 0 6 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 18 315 227 88 85 31 41 63

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