1977 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1977 between Footscray and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (12.21.93) defeated Essendon (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,834

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 12.21.93 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 5 . 8 9 . 14 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Essendon 4 . 3 5 . 8 8 . 9 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin ESSE by 5 level FOOT by 11 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 0
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 14 22 3 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 5 1 4 5
19 Fleming, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 4 0 8 1
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 0 29 25 4 5 0 6 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 5 0 2 4
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 5 19 16 3 7 0 3 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 4 21 19 2 6 3 1 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 4 2 0 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 1 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 1 3 7 7 0 4 0 2 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 4 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 5 0 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 21 308 248 60 80 28 46 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 7 0 2 3
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 1 15 8 7 4 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 3 4
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 6 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 8 14 3 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 1 0 4 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 1 2 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 3 4 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 9 1 5 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 0 1
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 4
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 4 0 2 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 2 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 10 275 205 70 67 20 37 46

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