1978 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1978 between St Kilda and Footscray during round two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Moorabbin Oval. Gary Colling captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

St Kilda (20.17.137) defeated Footscray (19.16.130).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 18,540

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Footscray
Score: 20.17.137 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 2 11 . 5 14 . 13 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Footscray 7 . 5 11 . 10 13 . 14 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin FOOT by 21 FOOT by 5 STKL by 5 STKL by 7 STKL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. James

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 4
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 2 3 20 13 7 1 0 7 2
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1
17 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 1
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 6 2 5
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 2
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 3
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 2 1 17 17 0 5 0 3 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 7 3 25 20 5 16 0 4 0
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 1
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 4 0 4 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 3 0 0 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 5 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 5 0 2 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 3 11 1 2
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 5 0 2 4
27 Young, George ? ? 6 2 12 10 2 6 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 17 277 215 62 68 17 41 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 6 0 1 3
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 6 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 14 26 7 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 4 0 3 1
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 8 0 3 3
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 4 0 1 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 1 3
44 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 4 1 18 13 5 4 1 2 1
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 4 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 1 2 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 2
50 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 7 0 1 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 8 2 14 12 2 10 0 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 1 22 19 3 6 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 16 332 257 75 113 28 41 41

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