1975 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1975 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round two of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

South Melbourne (15.12.102) were defeated by Essendon (19.17.131).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,356

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 15.12.102 - 19.17.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 5 12 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Essendon 4 . 5 7 . 8 14 . 11 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 ? 3 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 4 20 16 4 6 ? 2 1
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 9 ? 2 2
36 Beus, Alf ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 4 ? 4 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 ? 5 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 4 ? 1 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 ? 0 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 2 32 31 1 8 ? 9 1
47 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 ? 0 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 ? 2 5
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 ? 3 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 ? 2 1
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 0 0
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 5 ? 0 4
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 0 24 14 10 4 ? 0 3
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 ? 2 0
25 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
4 Wilson, Graeme ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 7 ? 1 1
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 ? 5 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 12 275 226 49 73 0+ 41 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 2 ? 1 2
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 ? 2 5
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 ? 0 4
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 ? 1 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 5 2 13 11 2 7 ? 2 2
9 Demetriou, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 ? 4 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 ? 0 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 2 30 26 4 5 ? 4 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 ? 2 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 ? 1 3
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 ? 3 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 3 10 8 2 3 ? 2 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 ? 2 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 2 0 36 14 22 15 ? 2 4
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 ? 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 2 3 14 12 2 5 ? 1 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 4 ? 3 4
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 ? 2 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 2 22 15 7 4 ? 1 1
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 4 ? 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 17 293 218 75 67 0+ 37 40

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