1979 VFL Season Round 16: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1979 between Collingwood and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. Ray Shaw captained the hosts with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Collingwood (23.17.155) defeated Footscray (3.15.33).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 21,041

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 23.17.155 - 3.15.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 7 . 3 12 . 5 19 . 12 23 . 17 23 . 17 (155)
Footscray 1 . 2 1 . 7 3 . 8 3 . 15 3 . 15 (33)
Margin COLL by 37 COLL by 64 COLL by 100 COLL by 122 COLL by 122
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 2 4 17 15 2 3 0 1 2
17 Austen, Geoff ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 3 12 2 4
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 1 2 4
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 9 1 2 5
8 Edwards, Allan ? ? 2 3 15 14 1 7 0 2 5
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 4 0 3 5
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 2 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 1 1
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 4 0 2 3
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 3 4
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 0
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 5 0 23 18 5 4 0 3 0
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 4 1 19 12 7 9 17 3 1
37 Twomey, David ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 4 3
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 1 0 1 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 23 17 318 246 72 66 31 37 45

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
52 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 8 0 1
12 Brown, George ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 4 5
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 1 0 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 0 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 3 34 27 7 4 0 5 5
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 4 22 18 4 5 0 3 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 8 4
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 23 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 0 0 5 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 3 23 16 7 3 0 3 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 2 1
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 4 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 0 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 4 1 0 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 3 15 277 184 93 53 33 45 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