1978 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1978 between Essendon and St Kilda during round eighteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. Gary Colling captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Essendon (11.16.82) were defeated by St Kilda (18.13.121).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 5 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,784

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 11.16.82 - 18.13.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 8 8 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
St Kilda 8 . 5 12 . 6 16 . 8 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Margin STKL by 32 STKL by 40 STKL by 45 STKL by 39 STKL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 2 0
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 2
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 3
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 3 0 2 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 3 2 26 19 7 17 0 0 4
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 4 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 1 1
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 3 15 2 0
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 6 12 0 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 0 2
43 McDonald, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 9 0 2 0
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 5 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 5 1 16 13 3 5 0 4 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 6 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 6 1 2 2
1 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 2 0 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 16 292 212 80 80 28 38 26

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 4 0 4 3
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 0 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 2 0 1 3
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 2
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 7 0 2 5
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 10 2 4
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 1
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 2 0 0 1
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 0 1 29 11 18 4 0 0 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 5 0 1 3
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 2
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 3 0 12 11 1 0 0 4 3
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 4 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 4 3 12 10 2 7 0 0 2
49 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 5 13 0 1
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 2 0
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0
27 Young, George ? ? 3 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 13 285 197 88 69 23 26 38

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