1979 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1979 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round twenty-one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Barry Breen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Melbourne (24.17.161) defeated St Kilda (12.24.96).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 25 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,436

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 24.17.161 - 12.24.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 6 17 . 16 24 . 17 24 . 17 (161)
St Kilda 1 . 9 7 . 16 7 . 20 12 . 24 12 . 24 (96)
Margin MELB by 5 STKL by 4 MELB by 56 MELB by 65 MELB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Breen
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
K. Norris

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 11 14 6 5
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 9 2 4
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 3 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 4 3 2
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 2 0 26 17 9 2 0 3 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 3 2
50 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 4 17 16 1 1 0 4 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 5 1 28 13 15 6 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 9 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 3
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 1 5
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 3 3
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 4 0 2 3
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 7 2 23 17 6 12 2 3 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 6 32 20 12 10 0 2 0
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 24 17 340 219 121 85 29 44 39

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 5 19 16 3 4 0 5 2
4 Breen, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 5 0 1 4
27 Cahir, Gerard ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 0 25 19 6 2 0 3 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 2 4 2
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 1
21 Discher, Don ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 1 10 0 3
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 3 4
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 1 0 1 2
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 1 3
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 2 0 3 1
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 1 2 1
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 18 8 7
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
42 Scott, Malcolm ? ? 2 4 7 7 0 2 0 0 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 3 2 18 13 5 7 0 2 2
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 2 2
17 Stone, Chris ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 24 269 200 69 54 31 39 44

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