1980 VFL Round 14: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1980 between Footscray and Melbourne during round 14 of the 1980 VFL season. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), R. Abbey, J. Berry, G. Cowton, S. Davidson, T. De Koning, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, R. Groenewegen, I. Hampshire, P. Hickmott, S. Loveless, M. McKenna, I. Morrison, B. Perrin, J. Reid, G. Sampson, K. Templeton, R. Tweeddale, T. Whitten

Melbourne
C. Ditterich (capt.), G. Baker, M. Byrne, C. Clayton, H. Coles, J. Durnan, R. Elliott, T. Elshaug, R. Flower, L. Fowler, G. Gaunt, P. Giles, W. Gordon, G. Hutchison, A. Moir, B. Nettlefold, P. Pinnell, M. Seddon, S. Smith, R. Walters

Footscray (10.13.73) defeated Melbourne (6.7.43).

Goalkickers
Footscray: K. Templeton (4), S. Loveless (2), R. Abbey, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. McKenna
Melbourne: T. Elshaug (2), G. Baker, H. Coles, J. Durnan, R. Walters

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 June 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,785

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 10.13.73 - 6.7.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 6 5 . 9 8 . 12 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 5 5 . 5 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Carl Ditterich (Melbourne)
Captains: Geoff Jennings (Footscray), Carl Ditterich (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Chapman, G. James

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 3 1 3 6
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 1
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 3
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 3 5
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 1 0 2 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 5 0 3 5
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 8 17 3 2
24 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 1 28 18 10 3 1 2 2
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 4 0 1 3
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 0 0 3 4
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 0
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 4 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 0
54 Sampson, Glen ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 2 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 1 27 22 5 11 10 4 4
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 1 1 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 2 18 8 10 1 0 4 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 13 330 220 110 69 30 50 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 4 9 4 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 7 1 1 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 1 0 3 5
3 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 4 0 1 5
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 10 1 6
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 1 0 21 10 11 3 1 0 3
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 1 29 21 8 4 0 4 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 0 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 10 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 3 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 11 13 2 0 1 4
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 4 1
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 3 0
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 2 0 4 2
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 3 3 5
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 7 307 187 120 52 24 47 50

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