1978 VFL Season Round 17: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1978 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Gary Colling captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

St Kilda (20.21.141) defeated Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 13,118

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 20.21.141 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 0 7 . 10 14 . 16 20 . 21 20 . 21 (141)
Melbourne 7 . 6 8 . 7 9 . 10 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 3 STKL by 36 STKL by 52 STKL by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 1 31 29 2 4 0 5 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 4 0 2 3
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 0
30 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 3 0 2 4
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 2 0 5 4
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 14 1 3
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 1 1
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 3
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 1 1 24 13 11 5 0 2 2
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 5 5 26 22 4 9 0 3 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 1 3 26 17 9 3 0 3 4
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 4 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 7 3 17 14 3 9 3 2 2
49 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 8 10 3 2
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 0
27 Young, George ? ? 4 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 21 324 232 92 77 27 45 39

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 8 23 0 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 5 9 6 3 6 0 0 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 2 5
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 2 0 4 0
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 3 0 1 3
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 3
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 3
26 McKeon, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 2 0 3 0
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 4 1 19 11 8 2 0 6 3
27 O'Dwyer, Des ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1
49 Rea, Mick ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 5
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 5 8 1 3
47 Thompson, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 4 0 2 2
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 2 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 295 191 104 63 31 39 45

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