Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| geelong | 7.15 (57) | south melbourne | 9.10 (64) | kardinia park | 14933 | 2 july 1977 |
| footscray | 9.10 (64) | north melbourne | 11.15 (81) | western oval | 17151 | 2 july 1977 |
| collingwood | 22.9 (141) | richmond | 11.12 (78) | victoria park | 32833 | 2 july 1977 |
| carlton | 9.8 (62) | hawthorn | 7.6 (48) | princes park | 24520 | 2 july 1977 |
| melbourne | 9.16 (70) | essendon | 8.11 (59) | mcg | 21473 | 2 july 1977 |
| st kilda | 14.12 (96) | fitzroy | 10.12 (72) | vfl park | 17028 | 2 july 1977 |
Title:
1977 vfl season
Statement:
carlton had a lower score in their game and essendon did
Answer:
refuted