1978 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1978 between Footscray and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

Footscray (20.7.127) defeated Melbourne (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,325

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 20.7.127 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 2 10 . 5 17 . 6 20 . 7 20 . 7 (127)
Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin FOOT by 22 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 65 FOOT by 68 FOOT by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 4 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 16 14 4 2
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 3 0 2 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 25 14 11 3 0 2 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 4 2 18 11 7 10 5 0 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 4 0 5 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 5 0 3 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 2 0 2 4
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 3 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 9 2 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 3
50 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 29 21 8 5 0 4 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 1 10 9 1 7 0 1 2
49 Wheeler, Garry ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 2 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 6 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 7 345 232 113 83 28 50 51

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 7 21 2 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 18 8 10 6 0 0 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 20 10 10 6 0 7 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 5 5
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 2 23 13 10 6 0 3 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 3 0 2 3
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 1 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 3 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 3 0 2 8
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 4 0
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 3 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 1
26 McKeon, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 3
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 2 3
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 1 21 11 10 8 0 6 5
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 3 0 1 2
47 Thompson, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 3 0 2 2
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 11 289 182 107 71 22 51 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