1979 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1979 between Footscray and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Footscray (18.12.120) defeated Melbourne (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,308

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 18.12.120 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 6 10 . 7 16 . 10 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 7 6 . 12 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FOOT by 40 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 58 FOOT by 39 FOOT by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
J. Wright

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
52 Berry, Bill ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 4 8 2 2
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 19 2 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 3 31 21 10 5 0 4 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 5 0 3 4
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 3
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 3 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 3
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 4
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 3
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 1 1 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 1 1
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 1 14 13 1 8 0 3 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 12 281 201 80 73 28 36 50

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 16 4 4
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 4 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 8 5 0
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 6 0 3 3
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 3 13 8 5 1 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 7 1
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 6 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 2 26 23 3 8 0 4 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 2
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 0 3
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 20 18 2 5 0 3 2
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 0
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 3
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 12 3 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 15 280 215 65 65 27 50 36

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