1978 VFL Season Round 22: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1978 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round twenty-two of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Len Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (19.11.125) were defeated by Collingwood (24.12.156).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 2 September 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,285

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 19.11.125 - 24.12.156

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 9 . 9 13 . 10 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Collingwood 8 . 3 13 . 6 20 . 7 24 . 12 24 . 12 (156)
Margin COLL by 22 COLL by 21 COLL by 39 COLL by 31 COLL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 11 21 10 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 4 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 24 12 12 1 0 3 4
36 Cooke, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 1
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 3 20 12 8 4 0 2 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 5 0 18 15 3 1 0 3 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 0 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 3 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 2 0 3 0
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 1 2
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 2 0 28 18 10 2 0 1 2
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 6 2 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 4 0 0 3
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 5 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 11 298 207 91 62 32 37 33

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 3 0 16 13 3 1 0 0 3
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 0 0
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 1
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 3 0 23 16 7 5 0 3 5
44 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 3 13 12 1 4 1 1 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 2 12 6 6 1 1 2 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 2 0 4 3
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 10 15 1 3
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 4 0 0 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 3 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 3 2 25 16 9 2 2 4 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 2 0 0 2
56 Shaw, Tony ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 7 3 7
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 12 280 194 86 62 26 33 37

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