1976 VFL Season Round 15: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1976 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

South Melbourne (20.16.136) defeated Footscray (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,226

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 20.16.136 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 8 9 . 12 16 . 13 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
Footscray 3 . 2 10 . 5 13 . 12 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin SMLB by 6 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 20 SMLB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Ian Stewart

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 0
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 3
24 Blair, John ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 4 0 4 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 4 22 17 5 5 0 2 4
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 3 1 4 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 1 0 3
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 5 10 1 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 3 22 15 7 2 1 0 2
37 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 2 16 16 0 1 0 2 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 2 4
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 0 24 20 4 6 2 0 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 6 0 3 3
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 1 2 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 4 18 15 3 8 7 2 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 3
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 5 5 1 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 2 0 24 15 9 3 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 16 285 235 50 67 28 32 42

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 0 0
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 28 13 15 0 0 2 1
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 6 0 3 4
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 10 18 5 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 1 17 14 3 1 0 4 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 1 21 11 10 3 0 1 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 1 2
28 Low, Ian ? ? 3 0 18 12 6 1 0 2 1
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 9 0 4 3
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 2 22 6 16 6 4 1 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 1 27 17 10 2 0 2 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 2 21 18 3 3 1 5 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 0
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 2 9 9 0 5 0 2 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 14 329 209 120 74 23 42 32

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