1977 VFL Season Round 22: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1977 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Max Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Collingwood (17.13.115) defeated Melbourne (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 36,306

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 17.13.115 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 10 . 5 15 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 8 9 . 11 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin COLL by 10 COLL by 33 COLL by 35 COLL by 14 COLL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 3 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 1
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 1 0 2 0
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 3
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 2 19 10 9 4 0 0 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 3 1 2 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 2 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 3 0
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 1 3 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 0
26 Marshall, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 3 1 0 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 3
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 1 3 1
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 4 2 17 11 6 3 0 1 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 19 2 0
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 4 0 2 4
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 13 249 184 65 45 23 31 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 8 19 18 1 8 0 2 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 1 16 9 7 7 0 1 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 5 6 1 3
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 3 0 2 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 4 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 1
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 3 0 3 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 2 0 2 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 3 0 1 1
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 1 0
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 1
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 1 15 0 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 2 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 7 5 2 2
26 Sparks, John ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 3 0 1 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 2 30 23 7 5 0 4 5
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 17 296 215 81 65 28 30 31

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