1978 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1978 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

South Melbourne (22.11.143) defeated Fitzroy (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 14,642

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 22.11.143 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 2 13 . 5 19 . 10 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
Fitzroy 2 . 5 3 . 13 8 . 14 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin SMLB by 15 SMLB by 52 SMLB by 62 SMLB by 50 SMLB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 4
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 2 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 1 28 16 12 6 0 5 2
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 6 1 9 9 0 7 0 0 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 2 3 24 19 5 4 0 4 3
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 2 3 2
27 James, Max ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 32 20 12 12 0 3 1
1 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 24 21 3 3 0 4 0
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 0 2
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 5 0 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 5 6 1 1
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 3
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 10 31 3 5
14 Young, David ? ? 4 2 11 10 1 3 0 1 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 11 307 223 84 83 39 34 42

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 24 2 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 3 0 2 1
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 1
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 3
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 3 4 20 18 2 3 0 2 5
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 33 24 9 5 0 3 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 1 4 0
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 3 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 3 23 13 10 6 0 2 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 1 24 21 3 6 1 5 6
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 0 2 0
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 1 3 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 1 2
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 3 3
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 0 2 27 17 10 5 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 15 274 201 73 60 27 42 34

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