1978 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1978 between Footscray and Essendon during round five of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Footscray (15.20.110) defeated Essendon (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,328

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Essendon
Score: 15.20.110 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 14 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Essendon 5 . 3 11 . 5 12 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 17 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 4 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 5 14 4 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 2 0 1 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 1 3 1
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 2 27 22 5 8 0 3 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 4 1 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 4 0 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 1 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 4
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 2 13 12 1 4 0 3 2
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 1 0 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 1 4 4
48 Tantsis, Angelo ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 5 19 18 1 7 0 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 3 0 3 4
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 20 295 224 71 56 20 44 47

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 3
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 4
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 1
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 3 2 11 8 3 2 0 2 2
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 3 2 21 16 5 2 0 5 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 9 0 5 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 5
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 2 29 22 7 10 0 6 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 0 0 3 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 4 0 4 1
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 14 4 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 3 11 9 2 8 7 0 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 3 0 3 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 2 3
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 15 301 216 85 69 22 47 44

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