1979 VFL Season Round 22: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1979 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Ray Shaw captained the hosts with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Collingwood (23.16.154) defeated Melbourne (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 September 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 27,206

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 23.16.154 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 2 11 . 7 16 . 10 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Melbourne 3 . 5 7 . 6 10 . 8 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin MELB by 3 COLL by 25 COLL by 38 COLL by 51 COLL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 2 0 0 0
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 5 0 0 0
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 5 1 14 10 4 3 0 1 4
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 3
29 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 5 4 12 10 2 6 0 1 2
8 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 5 0 0 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 1 18 8 10 7 0 3 4
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 10 23 0 2
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 2 33 19 14 4 0 6 1
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 1 26 17 9 1 1 4 4
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 2
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 1 1 34 24 10 4 0 7 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 2 0 8 3 5 3 9 0 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 1 0 2 5
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 4
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 16 315 210 105 69 34 38 40

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 10 19 5 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 5 3 16 13 3 8 0 2 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 5 7 0 0
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 2 0 18 9 9 3 0 1 4
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 1 0 1
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 0 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
50 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 27 16 11 9 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 6 2
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 5 3
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 6 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 0
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 4 0 2 2
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 4 0 0 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 5 3 1 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 27 21 6 6 0 5 3
22 Whitfort, Ken ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 13 300 209 91 79 30 40 38

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