1978 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1978 between Footscray and St Kilda during round thirteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Footscray (33.15.213) defeated St Kilda (16.10.106).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 1 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,300

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 33.15.213 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 15 . 8 21 . 11 33 . 15 33 . 15 (213)
St Kilda 5 . 3 8 . 7 14 . 9 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 43 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 107 FOOT by 107
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
J. Wright

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 0 3
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 12 16 0 3
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 0 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 7 3 36 27 9 3 0 4 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 3 0 19 13 6 5 0 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 1 0 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 0 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 1 0 1 3
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 0 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 2 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 8 0 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 2
50 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 3 0 1 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 4 0 4 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 15 9 25 25 0 16 0 3 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 8 3 2 2
49 Wheeler, Garry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 4 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 23 14 9 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 33 15 395 282 113 86 28 28 49

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 0
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 4 0 5 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 1 0 2 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 4 16 1 1
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 4 3
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 1
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 4 0 3 2
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 1 1 3 1
11 McDonald, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 2 1 15 14 1 2 0 6 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 5 0 2 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 7 7 5 2
49 Sartori, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 2 3 6 6 0 3 0 1 2
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 3 2
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 1
27 Young, George ? ? 4 0 11 7 4 4 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 10 242 202 40 52 24 49 28

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