1979 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1979 between Footscray and St Kilda during round fifteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Barry Breen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Footscray (24.16.160) defeated St Kilda (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 14 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,386

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 24.16.160 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 0 10 . 6 16 . 10 24 . 16 24 . 16 (160)
St Kilda 5 . 6 6 . 9 9 . 14 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin STKL by 18 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 38 FOOT by 79 FOOT by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Moss

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
52 Berry, Bill ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 4 7 2 4
12 Brown, George ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 2 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 1 1 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 1 29 24 5 4 0 3 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 3 0 21 16 5 7 0 2 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 2 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 3 1 16 10 6 8 13 0 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 1 30 21 9 6 0 4 2
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 2 32 22 10 6 0 3 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 0 2
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 3 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 2 1 4 1
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 1 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 8 0 5 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 1 0 1 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 5 0 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 8 2 15 13 2 12 1 0 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 24 16 367 257 110 83 23 37 41

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 2
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 4 3
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 3 0 0 1
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 2 22 21 1 2 0 1 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 2 0 7 2
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 4
21 Discher, Don ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 3 2 0 1
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 2 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 0 5 4
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 2
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 0
8 McDonald, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 1 1
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 0
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 10 22 6 4
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 3 4
42 Scott, Malcolm ? ? 4 4 9 8 1 5 0 0 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 4 1 21 16 5 9 0 3 4
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 15 262 206 56 65 24 41 37

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