1978 VFL Round 2: South Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1978 between South Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 1978 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at Lakeside Oval. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

South Melbourne
J. Blair, G. Brice, M. Browning, R. Dean, B. Evans, G. Fox, S. Hoffman, C. Hounsell, F. Jackson, M. James, D. McLeish, T. Morwood, T. O'Neill, J. Rantall, B. Round, J. Scarlett, M. Smith, G. Teasdale, D. Young, S. Zantuck

Hawthorn
Back: A. De Wolde, K. Moore, I. Paton
Half-back: R. DiPierdomenico, M. McCarthy, D. O'Halloran
Centre: G. Ablett, T. Wallace, R. Eade
Half-forward: B. Rowlings, A. Martello, P. Murnane
Forward: M. Moncrieff, J. Hendrie, N. Goss
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews (vice-capt.)
Int.: K. Matthews, D. Polkinghorne

South Melbourne (16.8.104) were defeated by Hawthorn (18.24.132).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: G. Teasdale (4), J. Blair (2), G. Fox (2), M. James (2), D. Young (2), C. Hounsell, T. Morwood, T. O'Neill, S. Zantuck
Hawthorn: M. Moncrieff (5), L. Matthews (4), N. Goss (3), A. Martello (2), G. Ablett, J. Hendrie, B. Rowlings, D. Scott

As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Hawthorn were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 8 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,072

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Hawthorn
Score: 16.8.104 - 18.24.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 0 8 . 1 12 . 5 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Hawthorn 4 . 10 9 . 15 15 . 20 18 . 24 18 . 24 (132)
Margin HWTH by 16 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 33 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Des Tuddenham (South Melbourne), David Parkin (Hawthorn)
Captains: unknown (South Melbourne), Don Scott (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (South Melbourne), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sawers, J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Blair, John ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 5 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 1 4 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 1
17 Fox, Graham ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 2
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 5
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 5 3
27 James, Max ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 8 0 3 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 3 9 8 1 6 0 2 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 8 0 0 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 2 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 7 4 3
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 5 2
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 4 0 21 13 8 11 8 4 0
14 Young, David ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 2 21 18 3 3 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 8 245 194 51 57 16 46 34

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 1 1 29 23 6 4 0 4 0
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert HBFL ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 3
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 0 0
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 3 3 27 23 4 3 0 6 1
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 1 3 24 19 5 11 0 2 6
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 2 1 23 18 5 4 9 1 6
4 Matthews, Kelvin INT ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 4 2 16 11 5 3 0 0 3
20 McCarthy, Michael CHB ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 2
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 5 4 10 10 0 4 0 1 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 0 1 0
43 Murnane, Peter HFFR ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 2 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFR ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 6
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 2 3 3
10 Polkinghorne, David INT ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
22 Rowlings, Barry HFFL ? 1 1 23 14 9 2 0 2 0
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 1 13 7 6 3 19 2 5
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 0 21 17 4 1 0 1 3
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 2 19 15 4 2 0 2 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 18 24 318 238 80 55 30 34 46

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

Player Line-Up

South Melbourne Coach: Des Tuddenham
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 42 I. Paton













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



9 R. DiPierdomenico 20 M. McCarthy 8 D. O'Halloran













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 16 T. Wallace 26 R. Eade









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 4 K. Matthews
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 10 D. Polkinghorne
22 B. Rowlings 14 A. Martello 43 P. Murnane 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 M. Moncrieff 25 J. Hendrie 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin