1978 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1978 between Footscray and Collingwood during round eight of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Len Thompson captained the visitors with Phil Carman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (14.5.89) were defeated by Collingwood (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 20 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,096

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 14.5.89 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 2 10 . 3 12 . 5 14 . 5 14 . 5 (89)
Collingwood 3 . 1 4 . 4 6 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin FOOT by 25 FOOT by 35 FOOT by 34 COLL by 4 COLL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 3
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 3
12 Brown, George ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 0 0 0 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 7 20 5 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 3 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 4 0 3 2
9 Fox, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 0 17 10 7 2 0 5 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 3 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 4
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 6 2 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 3 0 3 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 2 13 11 2 6 0 1 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 1 4 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 4
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 5 227 172 55 42 27 45 51

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 5 2
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 0
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 5
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 4 2 0 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 3 3
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 2 12 8 4 1 0 4 6
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 4 7
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 0 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 1
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 5 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 1 0 4 3
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 2
19 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 3 2 14 10 4 1 0 4 6
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 5 0 2 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 1 2 2 3
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 3 14 4 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 0 0 4 1
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 9 262 205 57 46 18 51 48

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