1978 VFL Round 7: St Kilda v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1978 between St Kilda and Essendon during round 7 of the 1978 VFL season.
St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval.
Gary Colling captained the hosts.
Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.
St Kilda
G. Colling (capt.), T. Barker, G. Bond, D. Booth, B. Breen, M. Bromberg, G. Cunningham, C. Ditterich, B. Duperouzel, R. Elliott, G. Gellie, R. Greene, R. Hunt, J. O'Dea, M. O'Keefe, V. Perovic, J. Sarau, G. Sidebottom, R. Tweeddale, G. Young
Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), S. Madden (vice-capt.), G. Burdett, T. Cahill, M. Crow, T. Daniher, A. Davis, G. Foulds, S. Heard, B. Jones, I. Marsh, P. McDonald, J. Mihocek, R. Muir, M. Neagle, W. Primmer, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson
St Kilda (17.11.113) defeated Essendon (16.11.107).
Goalkickers
St Kilda: G. Young (5), R. Hunt (3), M. O'Keefe (3), G. Bond (2), T. Barker, D. Booth, C. Ditterich, J. Sarau
Essendon: P. Vander Haar (6), B. Jones (2), P. McDonald (2), G. Burdett, T. Daniher, A. Davis, S. Madden, J. Mihocek, W. Primmer
As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 2nd on the ladder and Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1978 VFL Season
Round:
Round 7
Teams:
St Kilda
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 13 May 1978
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Moorabbin Oval
Attendance:
30,760
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Kilda | 5 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 5 | 14 | . | 8 | 17 | . | 11 | 17 | . | 11 | (113) |
| Essendon | 4 | . | 2 | 8 | . | 6 | 11 | . | 9 | 16 | . | 11 | 16 | . | 11 | (107) |
| Margin | STKL by 6 | ESSE by 7 | STKL by 17 | STKL by 6 | STKL by 6 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Mike Patterson
(St Kilda),
Barry Davis
(Essendon)
Captains:
Gary Colling
(St Kilda),
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(St Kilda),
Simon Madden
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller,
J. Sutcliffe
Player Statistics
St Kilda
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barker, Trevor | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 34 | Bond, Graeme | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Booth, Doug | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Breen, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Bromberg, Mordy | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Colling, Gary (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Cunningham, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | Ditterich, Carl | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Duperouzel, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Elliott, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Gellie, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 29 | Greene, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Hunt, Rex | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | O'Dea, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 15 | O'Keefe, Maurice | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Perovic, Val | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Sarau, Jeff | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sidebottom, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Tweeddale, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Young, George | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 17 | 11 | 320 | 231 | 89 | 82 | 24 | 46 | 41 | |||
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Burdett, Geoff | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Cahill, Terry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Crow, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Daniher, Terry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Davis, Allan | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Foulds, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Heard, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Jones, Bernie | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 27 | Madden, Simon (avc) | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Marsh, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | McDonald, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Mihocek, Jack | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 42 | Muir, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Neagle, Merv | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Primmer, Wayne | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Robins, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 36 | Scanlon, Denis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Vander Haar, Paul | ? | ? | 6 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 32 | Watson, Tim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 11 | 297 | 233 | 64 | 88 | 21 | 41 | 46 | |||