1978 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1978 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round six of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Footscray (16.9.105) were defeated by South Melbourne (18.15.123).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 19,263

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 16.9.105 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 7 . 3 11 . 6 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 6 10 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 15 level SMLB by 18 SMLB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 4 4
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 8 13 3 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 2 1 4 4
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 2 3
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 2 4 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 1
8 Johnson, Matt ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 7 0 3 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 3
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 1
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 10 3 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 4 2 2 3
48 Tantsis, Angelo ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 2 13 12 1 6 0 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 4 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 2 26 18 8 4 0 2 3
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 9 312 231 81 67 30 44 45

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 1 0 1 0
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 3 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 2
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 4 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 23 10 13 4 0 0 3
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 4 1 14 12 2 1 0 3 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 4
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 8 0 2 2
1 Murphy, John ? ? 6 0 25 20 5 4 0 4 3
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 2 1
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 3 0 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 2 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 17 6 11 4 2 1 3
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 0
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 5 14 6 3
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 3
14 Young, David ? ? 2 4 27 22 5 5 0 4 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 15 297 203 94 74 16 45 44

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