1978 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1978 between Essendon and Collingwood during round thirteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Collingwood at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. Len Thompson captained the visitors with, in the absence of Phil Carman, deputy vice-captain Ronnie Wearmouth as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (12.26.98) were defeated by Collingwood (14.21.105).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 1 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 29,768

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Collingwood
Score: 12.26.98 - 14.21.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 6 2 . 12 7 . 16 12 . 26 12 . 26 (98)
Collingwood 3 . 2 9 . 8 11 . 14 14 . 21 14 . 21 (105)
Margin COLL by 8 COLL by 38 COLL by 22 COLL by 7 COLL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 2 0 1 2
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 3 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 5 3
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 3 3 14 12 2 4 0 1 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 4 12 10 2 6 2 2 6
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 2 14 14 0 7 0 4 0
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 4 0 5 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 3 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 0 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 7 18 5 4
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 2 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 2
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 3 0 2 3
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 7 0 2 0
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 2 0 2 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 1 8 3 5 3 0 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 0 13 12 1 6 1 6 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 4 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 26 271 214 57 66 21 50 39

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 3
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 2
39 Carroll, Ted ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 1 0 5 5
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 3 10 7 3 4 0 1 2
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 4
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 3 0 1 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 5 3 9 9 0 4 1 1 3
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 3 2 3
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 0 3
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 2
44 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 1 0 2 6
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 4 1 21 14 7 2 0 2 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 2
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 3 22 6 6
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie (avc) ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 0 0 2 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 3 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 21 231 178 53 47 29 39 50

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