1978 VFL Season Round 11: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1978 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round eleven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts with, in the absence of Phil Carman, deputy vice-captain Ronnie Wearmouth as vice-captain. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

Collingwood (17.25.127) defeated Melbourne (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,579

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 17.25.127 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 6 9 . 12 13 . 18 17 . 25 17 . 25 (127)
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin COLL by 22 COLL by 37 COLL by 35 COLL by 60 COLL by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Ronnie Wearmouth (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 3 20 16 4 2 0 1 1
39 Carroll, Ted ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 1 0 3 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 4 9 6 3 6 0 0 1
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 2 3 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 3 0 4 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 1 10 1 8
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 1 0 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 1 3 14 13 1 3 0 3 0
49 Philippe, Terry ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 3 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 3 3 18 14 4 3 0 1 3
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 2 4
44 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 2 2 4 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 8 0 1 4
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 3 0 14 8 6 7 11 1 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie (avc) ? ? 2 2 30 17 13 6 0 3 2
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 25 300 216 84 69 26 34 42

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 3 2 4
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 9 1 1 3
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 5 2 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 7 5
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 7 1 4 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 0 31 24 7 6 0 6 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 1 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 2
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 3 1 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 4 3
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 2 1 32 23 9 9 0 5 1
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 2
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 7 269 202 67 73 11 42 34

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