1978 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1978 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Essendon (19.9.123) defeated South Melbourne (14.18.102).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,562

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.9.123 - 14.18.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 7 . 5 13 . 7 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
South Melbourne 2 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 15 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Barry Davis

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 ? 2 3
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 ? 2 1
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 ? 0 1
20 Cahill, Terry ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 5 ? 4 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 4 0 8 7 1 4 ? 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 0 10 7 3 6 ? 2 3
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 24 18 6 5 ? 4 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 8 ? 2 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 8 ? 1 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 ? 1 2
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 3 ? 1 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 ? 2 4
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 27 21 6 4 ? 4 5
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 ? 0 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 7 2 18 14 4 2 ? 3 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 2 26 24 2 6 ? 3 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 ? 1 1
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 ? 6 1
1 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 2 ? 1 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 ? 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 9 303 231 72 77 0+ 39 38

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 1 0 2 0
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 2 4 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 5 0 1 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 1
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 4
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 3 2 21 16 5 5 0 4 4
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 2
27 James, Max ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 4 0 1 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 0 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 2 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 0
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 1 2 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 3 22 18 4 8 8 4 3
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 6 10 5 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 2
14 Young, David ? ? 2 2 15 9 6 1 0 2 3
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 18 270 209 61 64 21 38 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