1978 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1978 between Essendon and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Essendon (13.8.86) were defeated by Footscray (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 30,200

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 13.8.86 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 3 9 . 5 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Footscray 3 . 6 5 . 12 10 . 13 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 4 3
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 2
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 5 0 2 4
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 9 0 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 11 0 1 5
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 5
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 6 0 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 5 0 4 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 2
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 4 19 3 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 3
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 4
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 4 2 20 17 3 4 0 2 1
3 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 3 0 2 4
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 4 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 3 1 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 5 3 2 1
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 8 295 215 80 77 25 44 51

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 4 0 4 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 3 11 1 2
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 1 0 26 13 13 5 0 1 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 3 19 14 5 2 0 2 4
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 3 1 27 17 10 4 0 6 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 3 0 13 11 2 4 1 0 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 5 11 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 6 0 3 4
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 1 0 4 4
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 2 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 2 0 5 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 3 1 1 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 35 26 9 2 0 6 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 4 13 9 4 5 0 2 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 3 21 15 6 2 0 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 17 364 244 120 58 24 51 44

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