1978 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1978 between Collingwood and Essendon during round two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts with Phil Carman as vice-captain. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Collingwood (22.23.155) defeated Essendon (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 34,665

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 22.23.155 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 6 13 . 12 17 . 15 22 . 23 22 . 23 (155)
Essendon 4 . 6 5 . 8 11 . 15 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin COLL by 12 COLL by 52 COLL by 36 COLL by 67 COLL by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 2 24 19 5 6 0 1 0
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 3 0 0 0
4 Batt, Murrie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 0 1 18 6 12 4 0 2 5
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 4 0 5 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 0 3
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 4 20 14 6 6 1 2 5
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 2 1 2 7
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 1 0 3 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 5 1 2 4
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 1 0 5 6
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 2 3
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 0
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 3 2 20 12 8 2 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 4 2 21 16 5 11 0 1 0
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 12 2 4
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 1 0 2 4
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 23 297 209 88 70 15 37 48

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 3 1 3 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 7 0
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 2 2
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 3 17 10 7 1 1 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 10 0 2 5
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 4 1 5 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 2 0 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 4 3
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 6 15 3 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 0 13 11 2 6 11 3 4
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 0 2 6
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 4 16 13 3 2 0 2 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 1 25 14 11 5 0 6 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 1
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 2 0 1 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 16 307 209 98 58 29 48 37

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