1976 VFL Season Round 4: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1976 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round four of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. In the absence of Graham Moss, deputy vice-captain Barry Grinter captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

South Melbourne (22.11.143) defeated Essendon (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 17,310

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 22.11.143 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 6 . 4 10 . 6 18 . 7 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
Essendon 6 . 3 10 . 3 11 . 8 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin SMLB by 1 SMLB by 3 SMLB by 41 SMLB by 34 SMLB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Ian Stewart

Essendon

Captain: Barry Grinter (acting)
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
K. Smith

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 3 13 11 2 2 0 0 4
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 5 1 2 2
24 Blair, John ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 11 0 0 3
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 3 0 2 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 3
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0
36 Elliott, Chris ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 6 15 1 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 4 1 24 20 4 4 0 2 0
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 4 0 12 9 3 7 4 2 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 4 5
1 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 6 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 1 32 23 9 6 0 3 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 3 4
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 2 3
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 3 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 4
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 2 0 4 1
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 8 0 5 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 11 263 213 50 84 20 43 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 7 3
35 Berry, Bill ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 6 5 2 2
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 2 0 2 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 6 0 0 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 0 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 3 13 11 2 1 0 2 1
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 4 0
18 Grinter, Barry (ac) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 1 2 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 6 0 1 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 7 3 2 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 8
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 2
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 3 17 17 0 5 0 2 2
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 3 1 29 26 3 9 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 13 253 218 35 75 10 43 43

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