1979 VFL Season Round 13: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1979 between St Kilda and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Barry Breen captained the hosts. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, vice-captain Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

St Kilda (9.12.66) were defeated by Essendon (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 18,802

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 9.12.66 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 9 8 . 12 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin STKL by 19 STKL by 2 STKL by 3 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
J. Wright

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 2
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 2 2 19 15 4 4 0 2 3
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 1 5
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 6
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 0 24 23 1 5 0 2 5
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 0 0 3 5
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 4 5
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 2 0
41 Herbert, Dean ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 2 2 3 3
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 7 3
46 Lugg, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 1
8 McDonald, Gary ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 4 0 3 4
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 1 3
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 7 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
28 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 6 11 8 5
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 2 17 9 8 4 4 1 4
30 Thomas, Grant ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 4 0 3 0
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 12 279 203 76 61 17 51 58

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 5 0 3 7
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 2 15 11 4 9 2 0 0
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 0
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 2 0 3 4
3 Day, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 2 0 3 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 3
27 Madden, Simon (ac) ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 3 8 4 5
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 3 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 2 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 6 2
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 4 1
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 1 5
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 3 18 16 2 5 0 7 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 3 2
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 7 7 5 5
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 3 18 14 4 5 3 4 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 2 16 9 7 4 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 15 310 239 71 88 20 58 51

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