1979 VFL Season Round 3: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1979 between St Kilda and Footscray during round three of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Moorabbin Oval. Barry Breen captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

St Kilda (15.14.104) were defeated by Footscray (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 18,375

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 15.14.104 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 4 4 . 6 9 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Footscray 4 . 3 9 . 7 12 . 9 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin FOOT by 11 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 17 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
K. Smith

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 2
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 2 30 28 2 6 0 2 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 1 34 25 9 2 0 10 3
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 3 0
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 0 0 4 1
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 9 0 2 3
21 Discher, Don ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 0 7 2 1
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 4 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 2 0 3 4
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 2 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 2 0 3 3
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 3 1 16 12 4 3 0 2 0
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 1 1 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 5 4 2 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 3 1 22 13 9 7 17 6 2
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 1
30 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 14 322 233 89 67 30 52 33

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 8 0 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 4 1 1 3
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 1 2 4
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 3 20 19 1 3 1 1 4
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 0 27 24 3 5 1 5 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 8 18 1 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 0 0 3 3
28 Low, Ian ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 5 0 0 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 3 1 22 19 3 6 0 2 4
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 4 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 4 14 11 3 5 0 1 2
43 Tivendale, Norm ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 4 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 13 304 239 65 72 30 33 52

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