1979 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1979 between Footscray and Collingwood during round five of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Ray Shaw captained the visitors with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (12.17.89) were defeated by Collingwood (20.17.137).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 5 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 34,163

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 12.17.89 - 20.17.137

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 6 6 . 9 7 . 15 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Collingwood 2 . 2 7 . 6 14 . 10 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Margin FOOT by 4 COLL by 3 COLL by 37 COLL by 48 COLL by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 2 31 28 3 4 0 3 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 2 0 3 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 1 0 3 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 12 13 4 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 2 0 1 2
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 6 0 2 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 3 22 17 5 5 0 2 2
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0
50 Peers, Robbie ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 1 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 2 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 3 0 4 5
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 5 16 14 2 7 3 2 3
43 Tivendale, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 3 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 17 305 224 81 53 17 45 41

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 2 1 2 4
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 4 0 2 2
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 3
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 4 2 15 11 4 4 0 1 1
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 4 0 5 5
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 2 0 3 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 3 16 1 0
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 0 0 3 2
23 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 4 2
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 2 3 21 13 8 4 0 0 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 10 0 4 1
4 Shaw, Derek ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 2
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 0 3 28 23 5 6 0 2 2
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 3 0 1 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 7 1 3 3
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 2 1 24 14 10 1 0 0 8
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 4 15 2 0 4 1
33 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 5 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 17 334 214 120 68 18 41 45

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