1977 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1977 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by South Melbourne (21.15.141).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,108

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
South Melbourne 6 . 1 11 . 2 15 . 9 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Margin SMLB by 10 SMLB by 24 SMLB by 42 SMLB by 69 SMLB by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
D. Levens

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 2 3 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 0 2 2
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 1 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 4 0 5 2
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 2 0 5 3
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 8 0 2 1
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 2 0 1 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 5 0 0 1
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 4
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 6 14 3 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 5 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 4 5
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 2 5 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 242 197 45 61 21 42 34

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Blair, John ? ? 4 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 5
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 2 0 1 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 1 2
22 Carter, Peter ? ? 0 3 8 6 2 2 0 2 0
2 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 3 2 0 3
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 4 0 4 2
15 Evans, Wayne ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 2
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 2 11 4 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 0 28 26 2 1 0 4 3
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 2 0 2
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 5 0 2 4
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 28 12 16 3 0 4 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 0 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 14 2 4
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 8 3 18 15 3 10 0 1 0
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 0 0 2 3
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 27 12 15 0 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 15 301 202 99 54 29 35 42

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