1980 VFL Round 20: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1980 between Footscray and St Kilda during round 20 of the 1980 VFL season. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), R. Abbey, J. Berry, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, M. Egan, R. Groenewegen, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, P. Hickmott, S. Loveless, A. McConnell, I. Morrison, B. O'Keefe, B. Perrin, K. Templeton, G. Towns, T. Wheeler

St Kilda
B. Breen, G. Burns, G. Colling, G. Cunningham, J. Dunne, B. Duperouzel, J. Durnan, R. Elphinstone, J. Fehring, G. Fidler, P. Fitzpatrick, S. Meehan, M. Nettlefold, J. O'Dea, M. Roberts, J. Sarau, M. Scott, A. Smedts, G. Thomas, M. Vane

Footscray (16.22.118) defeated St Kilda (11.7.73).

Goalkickers
Footscray: R. Abbey (2), J. Edmond (2), M. Egan (2), S. Loveless (2), A. McConnell (2), K. Templeton (2), S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, D. Hawkins, G. Jennings
St Kilda: M. Scott (4), G. Cunningham (2), S. Meehan (2), G. Burns, B. Duperouzel, M. Roberts

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and St Kilda were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 16 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,966

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. St Kilda
Score: 16.22.118 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 7 10 . 9 13 . 14 16 . 22 16 . 22 (118)
St Kilda 3 . 4 5 . 7 9 . 7 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin STKL by 9 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Alex Jesaulenko (St Kilda)
Captains: Geoff Jennings (Footscray), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Howe, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 0 0 1 3
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 0 1 2
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 4 0 3 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 3 23 15 8 2 1 2 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 4 29 24 5 7 0 5 5
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 2 4 19 9 10 3 0 0 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 1 22 2 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 31 18 13 9 0 1 0
24 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 2 27 14 13 2 0 3 3
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 2 26 17 9 7 0 2 0
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 4 1 0 2
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 0
36 O'Keefe, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 32 28 4 19 6 5 5
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 4
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 7 0 4 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 22 347 245 102 89 32 41 41

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 2 3
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 3
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 1 0 5 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 1 0 3 4
16 Durnan, John ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 1 1
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 6
37 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 15 2 1
36 Fidler, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
32 Fitzpatrick, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 0 2 3
28 Meehan, Simon ? ? 2 3 11 8 3 4 0 0 2
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 25 9 16 2 0 3 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 5
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 0
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 2 4 1
19 Scott, Mark ? ? 4 0 5 4 1 2 1 2 2
23 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0
40 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 1
51 Vane, Matt ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 7 265 169 96 37 19 41 41

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