1979 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1979 between Essendon and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, vice-captain Simon Madden captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Essendon (10.11.71) defeated Footscray (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,076

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 10.11.71 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Footscray 1 . 5 2 . 8 4 . 12 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin FOOT by 9 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 3 0 4 5
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 6 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 4 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 3 2 11 9 2 5 0 2 4
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 0 3 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 2
27 Madden, Simon (ac) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 9 14 2 4
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 1 30 20 10 4 0 5 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 2 7 3 4
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 1
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 0 0 3 1
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 2 5
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 8 0 0 0
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 1
20 Steel, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 3 1 14 14 0 9 8 3 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 4
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 11 299 211 88 80 29 45 48

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 9 1 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 6 0 2 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 4 0 4 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 4
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 8 15 7 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 3 23 18 5 1 0 7 2
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 1 1 2 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 1 0 2 4
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 2 2
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 2
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 5 0 1 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 3 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 1 0 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 7 0 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 14 306 216 90 52 25 48 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