1978 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1978 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round six of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Gary Colling captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Melbourne (21.15.141) were defeated by St Kilda (31.18.204).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 6 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,852

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 21.15.141 - 31.18.204

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 2 8 . 5 15 . 8 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
St Kilda 8 . 7 19 . 12 23 . 13 31 . 18 31 . 18 (204)
Margin STKL by 17 STKL by 73 STKL by 53 STKL by 63 STKL by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 4 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 3
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 1 17 12 5 6 0 1 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 8 2 3
44 Code, David ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 1 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 4 0 13 10 3 0 0 4 0
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 5 0 3 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 4 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 3 0 1 3
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 4 1 8 8 0 8 0 2 2
33 May, Tony ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 2 0 0 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 4 0 0 1
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 4 1 2 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 2 4 34 26 8 5 0 6 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 21 15 256 211 45 60 24 36 36

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 3 2 29 22 7 3 0 3 4
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 4 0 5 2
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 1
17 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 3
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 4 1
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 2 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 5 9 1 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 0
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 1 0 4 4
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 5 0 23 19 4 3 0 6 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 5 16 13 3 8 0 1 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 0
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 3 1 19 10 9 3 0 0 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 3 0 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 3 10 3 3
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 3 2 18 14 4 4 0 0 2
27 Young, George ? ? 7 2 20 15 5 6 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 31 18 318 222 96 66 22 36 36

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