1975 VFL Round 6: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1975 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round 6 of the 1975 VFL season. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), R. Biffin, R. Brewer, D. Campbell, T. Carroll, D. Clark, W. Delmenico, A. Dullard, R. Flower, L. Fowler, G. Guy, G. Hardeman, P. Hurst, P. Keenan, M. Lyons, G. Osborne, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, G. Wells, T. Wilkins

South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), V. Aanensen, G. Brice, P. Brown, M. Browning, R. Cook, J. Dean, G. Dempster, R. Doyle, T. Franklin, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, D. McLeish, G. Miller, M. Robertson, S. Russ, I. Thomson, B. Woodman

Melbourne (22.23.155) defeated South Melbourne (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: G. Hardeman (4), R. Brewer (3), S. Smith (3), D. Clark (2), A. Dullard (2), R. Flower (2), G. Wells (2), T. Carroll, G. Guy, P. Keenan, M. Lyons
South Melbourne: I. Thomson (3), R. Doyle (2), N. Goss (2), P. Bedford, G. Brice, M. Browning, R. Cook, T. Franklin, S. Russ

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 9th) and South Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,503

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 22.23.155 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 9 14 . 14 22 . 23 22 . 23 (155)
South Melbourne 6 . 4 8 . 8 10 . 11 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin SMLB by 12 MELB by 7 MELB by 27 MELB by 65 MELB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Skilton (Melbourne), Graeme John (South Melbourne)
Captains: Stan Alves (Melbourne), Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 5 ? 1 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 ? 4 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 2 20 14 6 6 ? 1 0
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 ? 1 1
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 2 ? 2 5
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 2 2 21 16 5 8 ? 1 2
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 ? 0 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 6 ? 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 0 24 22 2 8 ? 4 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 ? 2 0
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 4 ? 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 4 0 23 17 6 1 ? 3 0
20 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 1 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 3 22 18 4 14 ? 4 4
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 1 4 24 19 5 3 ? 4 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 6 ? 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 ? 3 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 7 26 19 7 7 ? 2 3
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 ? 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 23 313 240 73 92 0+ 38 32

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 ? 1 3
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 1 1 27 17 10 3 ? 2 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 5 ? 0 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 ? 1 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 2 ? 3 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 8 ? 2 2
38 Dean, Jack ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 ? 1 1
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 5 ? 3 7
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 ? 1 6
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 0 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 1 31 26 5 5 ? 3 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 ? 0 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 3 ? 3 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 ? 1 0
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 ? 3 0
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 ? 2 2
48 Russ, Stephen ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 0 ? 1 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 3 1 11 6 5 1 ? 3 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 ? 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 12 287 201 86 61 0+ 32 39

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