1978 VFL Season Round 3: South Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1978 between South Melbourne and Collingwood during round three of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Lakeside Oval. Len Thompson captained the visitors with Phil Carman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

South Melbourne (18.11.119) defeated Collingwood (14.18.102).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: South Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 20,719

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 18.11.119 - 14.18.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 7 . 4 9 . 7 14 . 9 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Collingwood 4 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 13 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Margin SMLB by 17 SMLB by 2 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Blair, John ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 3 0 4 1
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 4 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 0 0 3 3
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 3 0 4 8
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 3 0 13 10 3 2 0 8 5
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 3 1
4 Jamieson, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 3 0 2 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 4 0 2 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 23 10 13 7 3 3 4
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 3 0 16 14 2 9 9 6 5
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 3 3
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 11 250 183 67 50 12 55 49

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 1 4
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 2
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 5 3
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 3 3 21 17 4 3 0 2 1
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 5 0 7 6
47 Cole, Brian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 0
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 4
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 3 15 10 5 5 0 2 5
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 6 1 0 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 2 2 12 11 1 4 0 2 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 1 1 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 2 0 2 4
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 8 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 1 0 0 5
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 4 4
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 0 0 3 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 10 6 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 18 249 197 52 55 12 49 55

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