1978 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1978 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Richmond (14.14.98) were defeated by South Melbourne (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,904

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by South Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 3 7 . 8 11 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
South Melbourne 6 . 2 13 . 4 16 . 8 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin RICH by 1 SMLB by 32 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
R. Sawers
E: J. Caulfield

Umpire Replacements

J. Caulfield replaced I. Robinson.

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 7 2 5 0 23 2 6
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 3 19 17 2 2 0 5 1
51 Borchard, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 2 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 5
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 3 17 12 5 11 6 2 1
3 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 2 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 5 1 7 7 0 3 0 3 3
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 2 0 4 5
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 3 19 11 8 3 0 2 5
32 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 4 2
27 Stonehouse, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 4 2
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 1 3
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 5 6
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 0 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 255 166 89 39 29 46 51

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 3
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 4 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 1 0 4 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 4 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 3
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 0 16 11 5 2 0 6 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 2 3
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 1 0 2 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 2 0
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 3 2 5 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 2 3
1 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 5 0 5 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 1
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 7 1 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 7 10 0 0
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 18 4 3
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
14 Young, David ? ? 3 2 17 13 4 1 0 3 6
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 11 266 191 75 64 31 51 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