1977 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1977 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round twenty of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ross Smith.

Melbourne (27.13.175) defeated St Kilda (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 13 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,967

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 27.13.175 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 4 13 . 8 17 . 11 27 . 13 27 . 13 (175)
St Kilda 2 . 6 5 . 12 10 . 13 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin MELB by 28 MELB by 44 MELB by 40 MELB by 71 MELB by 71
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 3 25 16 9 7 0 2 5
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 5 13 3 3
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 6 0 2 4
15 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 1 14 6 8 0 0 2 6
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 0 10 7 3 3 0 9 3
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 4 0 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 0 16 10 6 4 0 0 3
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 1
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 8 0 2 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 0 23 14 9 6 0 1 6
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 0
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 5 0 14 13 1 4 6 2 2
26 Sparks, John ? ? 3 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 3
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 5 0 33 20 13 4 0 2 6
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 27 13 307 206 101 76 22 34 51

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 2
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 6 0
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 2 0
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 2 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 2 0 4 1
21 Carlon, Mark ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 0
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 5 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 2 0
7 Hughes, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 5 3 11 11 0 6 0 2 1
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 4 1 16 12 4 3 0 4 2
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 3 3 19 14 5 10 0 2 3
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 4 1
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 11 31 7 4
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
27 Young, George ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 1 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 268 202 66 68 31 49 26

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