1980 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1980 between Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Melbourne (18.21.129) defeated Footscray (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,905

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.21.129 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 9 14 . 14 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
Footscray 5 . 2 7 . 7 11 . 11 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin FOOT by 9 MELB by 8 MELB by 21 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 7 9 3 2
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 1 4
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 5 8 7 18 0 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 4 2 14 10 4 3 0 1 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 2 21 12 9 4 6 0 4
32 Elliott, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 6 1
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 25 14 11 2 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 24 12 12 5 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 3 0 1 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 4
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 1
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 2 30 17 13 8 1 1 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 0 1 2 3
42 Rowe, Russell ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 1 0 2 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 4 6 15 12 3 9 0 1 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 6 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 21 325 214 111 63 36 35 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 3 1
12 Anderson, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 1 1 9 4 5 2 28 2 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 3 0
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 2 0 2 2
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 1 12 3 9 3 0 0 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 0 0 0 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 1 0 4 4
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 5 0 4 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 3 0 12 4 8 3 20 2 6
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 16 8 8 2 0 4 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 2 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 2 1 0 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 2 15 11 4 6 1 3 2
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 1 0 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 2 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 12 286 172 114 43 51 36 35

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