1977 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1977 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, vice-captain Ron Andrews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

South Melbourne (27.13.175) defeated Essendon (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 23,770

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 27.13.175 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 9 . 3 14 . 8 18 . 10 27 . 13 27 . 13 (175)
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 3 12 . 6 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin SMLB by 32 SMLB by 47 SMLB by 40 SMLB by 77 SMLB by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Essendon

Captain: Ron Andrews (acting)
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
K. Smith

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Blair, John ? ? 2 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 5 0 1 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 1 0 1 3
2 Daniher, Terry ? ? 4 1 23 20 3 5 0 6 4
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 3 2 19 10 9 7 1 2 2
15 Evans, Wayne ? ? 2 2 11 6 5 1 0 1 2
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 17 2 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 3 0 26 24 2 3 0 1 3
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 3
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 0 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 7 0 3 1
39 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 0 2
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 1 31 18 13 3 1 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 10 0 3
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 9 1 13 11 2 5 0 3 0
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 4 0 3 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 2 2 25 17 8 4 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 27 13 333 220 113 62 29 34 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (ac) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 5 4
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 3 1
15 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 3
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 3 0 2 1
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 2 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 4 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 8 8 2 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 15 2 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 4 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 1
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 3 3 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 8 0 0
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 0 0 2 5
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 14 14 0 5 0 2 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 2 0 4 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 2 3 1
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 4 0 0 1
29 Young, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 8 273 195 78 57 33 38 33

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