1978 VFL Season Round 8: South Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1978 between South Melbourne and St Kilda during round eight of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Lakeside Oval. Gary Colling captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

South Melbourne (20.16.136) defeated St Kilda (4.13.37).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: South Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 20 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 21,458

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 20.16.136 - 4.13.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 0 8 . 9 12 . 12 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
St Kilda 2 . 6 2 . 7 4 . 11 4 . 13 4 . 13 (37)
Margin level SMLB by 38 SMLB by 49 SMLB by 99 SMLB by 99
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Des Tuddenham

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
K. Smith

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 2 0 3 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 4
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 7 0 1 3
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 4 0 2 6
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 2
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 1 3 5
27 James, Max ? ? 0 2 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 3
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 3 3 35 25 10 13 2 4 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
1 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 26 16 10 3 0 3 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 4 2 23 13 10 10 2 1 2
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 2 3 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 2 0 30 15 15 16 20 4 3
14 Young, David ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 4 0 1 3
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 16 328 224 104 95 27 35 44

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 3 21 21 0 5 0 5 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 2
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 3
17 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 2 1 2
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 10 1 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 2
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 1
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 0 2 19 9 10 2 0 0 2
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 5 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 2 0 2 2
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 5 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 2 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 9 14 4 2
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 0 0 4 2
27 Young, George ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 4 13 212 172 40 47 26 44 35

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