1979 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 90.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Round (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Morwood (56)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Barry Round

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ricky Quade

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ackerly, David #42 11 R10-R13, R16-R22 1
Brice, Gary #7 10 R06-R07, R11-R16, R18, R20 0
Browning, Mark #11 13 R01, R04-R05, R07-R15, R19 2
Carroll, Wayne #49 1 R15 1
Carter, Peter #22 4 R02-R05 2
Cumming, Daryl #9 10 R01-R03, R05-R08, R11-R13 4
Dean, Robert #18 9 R02, R05-R07, R16-R20 7
Dempster, Graham #13 7 R01, R08, R11, R13-R15, R21 1
Evans, Bernie #15 12 R01, R05-R14, R17 15
Fields, Neville #12 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 33
Fraser, Mark #44 4 R09-R10, R18-R19 0
Hall, Peter #37 4 R03-R04, R10-R11 0
Hounsell, Colin #6 12 R01-R04, R08-R09, R11-R12, R14, R16, R19, R22 6
Hummel, Jon #4 14 R04-R13, R15-R16, R20-R21 20
Jackson, Francis #31 1 R01 0
James, Max #27 16 R01-R09, R16-R22 22
Koop, Doug #47 2 R18, R22 2
Kruse, Max #34 8 R13-R17, R20-R22 7
Lamb, Robert #24 7 R09-R10, R13, R16-R19 10
Lambert, Greg #33 2 R05, R08 0
McLeish, David #29 19 R01-R12, R14-R17, R20-R22 1
Morrison, Peter #35 18 R02-R04, R06, R09-R22 21
Morwood, Paul #32 20 R02-R08, R10-R22 29
Morwood, Tony #21 22 R01-R22 56
Murphy, Dale #38 5 R18-R22 0
Murphy, John #1 7 R01-R03, R06-R09 9
O'Neill, Terry #19 16 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R17, R21 2
Plumb, Phillip #41 1 R10 0
Quade, Ricky #16 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 14
Rantall, John #5 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 0
Roberts, Ian #17 10 R13-R22 3
Round, Barry #25 22 R01-R22 8
Smith, Michael #28 10 R04, R09-R12, R17-R21 16
Tarpey, Howard #49 1 R22 0
Teasdale, Graham #20 8 R01-R08 4
Thompson, Len #2 20 R01-R09, R12-R22 39
Williams, Garry #39 3 R13-R15 0
Wright, Michael #8 17 R01-R10, R12, R14, R17-R20, R22 0
Wright, Stephen #26 11 R08-R09, R14-R22 9
Young, David #14 4 R01-R04 0
Zantuck, Shane #30 16 R01-R07, R09-R12, R15-R17, R21-R22 11

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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)
Stewart, Ian 22 6 -0- 16 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 14 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
14/04/1979 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 53 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
21/04/1979 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 7 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
25/04/1979 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 94 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
05/05/1979 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 50 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
12/05/1979 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 89 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
19/05/1979 Round 7 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 48 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
26/05/1979 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 87 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
02/06/1979 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 13 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
09/06/1979 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 16 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
18/06/1979 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
23/06/1979 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 56 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
30/06/1979 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 26 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
07/07/1979 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 15 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
14/07/1979 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 13 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
21/07/1979 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 22 Ian Stewart unknown
28/07/1979 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 20 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
04/08/1979 Round 18 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 89 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
11/08/1979 Round 19 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 8 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
18/08/1979 Round 20 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 30 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
25/08/1979 Round 21 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 19 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade
01/09/1979 Round 22 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 33 Ian Stewart Ricky Quade