1979 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1979 between Essendon and St Kilda during round two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Barry Breen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Essendon (21.22.148) defeated St Kilda (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Monday 16 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 26,377

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 21.22.148 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 6 . 10 10 . 17 21 . 22 21 . 22 (148)
St Kilda 1 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 3 STKL by 2 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 84 ESSE by 84
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 3 1
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 0
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 1 2 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 6 0 8 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 7 30 21 9 17 0 1 4
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 5 2 26 20 6 4 0 1 2
3 Day, Barry ? ? 1 3 22 13 9 4 0 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 4 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 9 25 3 4
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 2 0 2 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 7 0 2 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 0 3
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 2 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 1 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 6 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 5 0 3 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 7 4 23 19 4 6 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 22 355 250 105 99 29 44 37

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 5 1 0 4
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 1 0 2 1
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 0
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 3
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 0 0 3 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 1
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 2 6
21 Discher, Don ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 7 3 2
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 1 0
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 2
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 3
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 0 21 21 0 5 0 6 1
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 0 0 1 4
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 3 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 4
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 9 1 3
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 8 8 2
30 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 9 10 222 177 45 41 25 37 44

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