1978 VFL Season Round 12: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1978 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round twelve of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

South Melbourne (13.19.97) were defeated by Essendon (17.18.120).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 19,814

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 13.19.97 - 17.18.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 7 2 . 9 10 . 15 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Essendon 1 . 3 10 . 9 11 . 12 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Margin SMLB by 4 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 1 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 0 0 4 1
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 7 0 0 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 4 20 14 6 3 0 5 4
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 4 0 1 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 3
27 James, Max ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 8 0 4 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 3 23 15 8 9 0 3 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
1 Murphy, John ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 3 0 5 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 3
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 1 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 1 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 7 8 0 2
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 5 6 1 3
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 19 279 205 74 68 14 31 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 1
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 4 0 2 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 4 3 14 13 1 7 4 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 2 13 13 0 6 1 1 3
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 6 23 1 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 2 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 3 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 2
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 2 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 5 0 3 1
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 2 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 4 15 12 3 2 3 5 2
1 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 5 1 18 14 4 4 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 18 272 216 56 70 33 34 31

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