1977 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1977 between Geelong and Footscray during round twenty-one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Geelong (10.8.68) were defeated by Footscray (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 11,010

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 10.8.68 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Footscray 1 . 5 5 . 10 8 . 15 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin GEEL by 15 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Levens
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 2 16 15 1 7 0 2 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 4 0 0 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 8 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 9 0 2 2
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 5 1 0
32 FitzGerald, Gerard ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
34 Hovey, Wayne ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 0 0 1 3
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 2
27 McGillivray, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 4 0 4 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 0 3
37 Nish, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 5
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 4 0 3 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 3 3
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 8 265 215 50 61 5 36 35

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 3 23 21 2 2 0 3 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 13 25 2 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 2 27 18 9 7 0 2 5
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 2 22 16 6 10 1 4 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 3 6 12 9 3 9 2 1 5
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 0 0 3 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 3 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 0 3
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 0 1 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 32 10 22 3 0 3 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 0 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 1 2 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 12 2 2 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 1 2 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 19 343 240 103 90 33 35 36

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