1978 VFL Season Round 19: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1978 between Collingwood and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts with Phil Carman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Collingwood (11.16.82) defeated Footscray (10.6.66).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 24,071

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 11.16.82 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 6 . 4 6 . 5 7 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Footscray 1 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 6 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin COLL by 33 COLL by 6 COLL by 1 COLL by 16 COLL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 2 24 16 8 7 0 4 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 1 0 0 4
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 3 0 0 2
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 1 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 6 4
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 6 2 2 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 1 2 1
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 1
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 3 22 20 2 6 0 2 0
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 1 0 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 13 1 4 3
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 3
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 1 1
56 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 1 2 13 6 7 5 11 4 4
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 0 0 4 7
37 Whitcroft, Greg ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 5 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 1 6 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 16 286 192 94 69 28 42 44

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 1 0 1 0
12 Brown, George ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 0
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 7 0 2 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 34 23 11 3 0 1 4
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 6 13 2 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 1 0 7 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 4 5
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 0 18 12 6 8 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 0 5 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 7 0 2 4
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 7 0 1 3
43 Tivendale, Norm ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 1 18 8 10 10 7 3 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 5 4
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 6 323 221 102 71 21 44 42

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