1979 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1979 between Melbourne and Footscray during round one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Melbourne (18.17.125) defeated Footscray (16.17.113).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,133

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.17.125 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 3 12 . 7 13 . 10 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Footscray 4 . 5 7 . 11 13 . 13 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 26 FOOT by 3 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
K. Norris

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 3 2 16 10 6 10 11 2 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 4 11 7 4 2 1 1 3
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 7 0 2 2
3 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 6 0 4 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 8 17 2 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 3 0 18 9 9 6 0 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 27 18 9 4 0 4 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 2
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 0
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 1 3
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 3 0 1 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 3 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 9 0 2 4
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 17 294 207 87 80 29 40 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 12 2 3
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 0 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 3 31 24 7 2 2 1 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 3 0 6 3
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 0 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 7 11 0 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 1
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 2 0 1 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 1 4
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 2 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 1 16 14 2 7 0 0 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 4 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 3 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 4 10 10 0 4 0 1 1
43 Tivendale, Norm ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 3 20 16 4 0 0 2 2
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 0 0 1 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 17 291 217 74 56 25 34 40

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