1978 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 100.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Graham Teasdale (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Murphy (31)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): John Murphy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ricky Quade

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Blair, John #24 3 R02-R04 5
Brice, Gary #7 22 R01-R22 7
Browning, Mark #43 20 R01-R17, R20-R22 20
Campbell, Russell #23 1 R22 1
Carter, Peter #22 2 R18-R19 0
Dean, Robert #18 18 R01-R18 9
Dempster, Graham #13 1 R01 3
Evans, Bernie #15 22 R01-R22 28
Fields, Neville #12 14 R01, R04-R13, R16-R18 14
Fox, Graham #17 3 R02, R13, R21 2
Gull, Stewart #34 10 R03-R05, R14, R17-R22 26
Hall, Peter #37 1 R19 0
Hoffman, Steve #26 16 R02, R05-R08, R10-R12, R14-R21 18
Hounsell, Colin #6 16 R01-R09, R11, R14-R19 22
Jackson, Francis #31 17 R01-R03, R07-R20 2
James, Max #27 18 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08-R09, R11-R22 17
Jamieson, Ray #4 1 R03 0
Lambert, Greg #33 3 R10, R12-R13 1
McLeish, David #29 22 R01-R22 3
Morrison, Peter #35 21 R01, R03-R22 27
Morwood, Paul #32 2 R21-R22 0
Morwood, Tony #21 15 R02-R04, R06-R09, R11-R12, R16, R18-R22 17
Murphy, John #1 16 R05-R17, R20-R22 31
O'Neill, Terry #19 22 R01-R22 7
Plumb, Phillip #41 1 R13 0
Quade, Ricky #16 14 R01, R05-R07, R09-R16, R19-R20 3
Rantall, John #5 21 R01-R18, R20-R22 0
Round, Barry #25 21 R01-R19, R21-R22 26
Scarlett, John #8 19 R01-R12, R14-R15, R17, R19-R22 2
Smith, Michael #28 11 R02, R06, R13-R20, R22 9
Teasdale, Graham #20 22 R01-R22 22
Woodman, Brian #10 1 R01 0
Wright, Michael #40 12 R03-R07, R10, R13, R18-R22 3
Young, David #14 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 17
Zantuck, Shane #30 11 R01-R04, R08-R10, R15, R20-R22 5

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Tuddenham, Des 22 9 -0- 13 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1978 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 21 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
08/04/1978 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 28 Des Tuddenham unknown
15/04/1978 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 17 Des Tuddenham unknown
22/04/1978 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 19 Des Tuddenham unknown
29/04/1978 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 1 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
06/05/1978 Round 6 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 18 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
13/05/1978 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 27 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
20/05/1978 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 99 Des Tuddenham unknown
27/05/1978 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 14 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
05/06/1978 Round 10 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 70 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
17/06/1978 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 20 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
24/06/1978 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 23 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
01/07/1978 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 21 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
08/07/1978 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 50 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
15/07/1978 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 20 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
22/07/1978 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 41 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
29/07/1978 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 14 Des Tuddenham unknown
05/08/1978 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 23 Des Tuddenham unknown
12/08/1978 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 48 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
19/08/1978 Round 20 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 12 Des Tuddenham Ricky Quade
26/08/1978 Round 21 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 21 Des Tuddenham unknown
02/09/1978 Round 22 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 24 Des Tuddenham unknown