1979 VFL Season Round 10: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1979 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round ten of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Barry Breen captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

St Kilda (9.11.65) were defeated by Melbourne (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 17,390

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.11.65 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 4 3 . 6 5 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Melbourne 4 . 4 7 . 4 11 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 22 MELB by 37 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 2 3
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 4 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 0 26 20 6 4 0 4 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 2 0 3 4
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 7 2
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 26 9 17 3 0 7 1
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 4 0 3 3
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 0 1 1 2
7 Granger, Dave ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 2 0 0 6
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 3 20 19 1 4 0 4 3
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
28 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 1 0 3 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 13 19 3 3
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 7 0 2 3
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 2
30 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 3
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 11 316 229 87 71 20 50 49

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 8 13 5 4
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 3 0 5 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 1 27 15 12 4 14 3 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 4 22 11 11 6 0 3 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 3 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 4
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 5 0 3 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 29 20 9 7 0 2 8
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 0 4 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 4 0 4 6
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 0
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 8 0 5 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 8 0 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 1 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 33 26 7 12 0 4 3
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 2 0 1 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 13 360 237 123 87 27 49 50

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