1978 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1978 between Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Melbourne (18.19.127) defeated Footscray (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,865

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.19.127 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 4 11 . 7 14 . 12 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Footscray 4 . 5 5 . 9 11 . 11 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 34 MELB by 19 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 6 13 4 3
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 7 5 17 17 0 7 0 4 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 1 0 3 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 1 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 3 12 8 4 1 0 0 5
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 3 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 1 0
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 5 0 1 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 2 3 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 0 2
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 10 0 3 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 12 0 3 2
24 Richards, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 6 2
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 3 0 0 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 2 11 10 1 2 4 3 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 2
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 30 25 5 5 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 19 303 231 72 79 19 43 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 14 21 2 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 4 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 6 5 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 8 0 1 1
45 Henwood, Don ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 24 19 5 4 0 3 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 1
44 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 3
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 4 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 5 1
50 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 4 0 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 4 1 23 18 5 1 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 12 297 222 75 81 30 36 43

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