1978 VFL Season 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 seven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (17.11.113) defeated Essendon (16.11.107).

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

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 17.11.113 - 16.11.107

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

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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