1978 VFL Season Round 15: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1978 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts with, in the absence of Phil Carman, deputy vice-captain Ronnie Wearmouth as vice-captain. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Collingwood (17.12.114) defeated South Melbourne (12.22.94).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 24,482

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 17.12.114 - 12.22.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 7 . 8 14 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
South Melbourne 0 . 6 3 . 12 9 . 17 12 . 22 12 . 22 (94)
Margin COLL by 9 COLL by 20 COLL by 22 COLL by 20 COLL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Ronnie Wearmouth (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 4
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 0 21 14 7 1 0 2 3
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 3
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 2 3
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 5 5
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 3 0 4 4
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 2 7 7 0 6 0 0 2
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 3 0 3 1
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 5
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 4 1 20 18 2 4 0 4 4
44 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 2 1 0 2
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 0 0 1 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 2 1 3 1
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 17 3 4
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie (avc) ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 1
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 12 247 183 64 48 19 36 47

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 0
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 2 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 2 18 9 9 2 0 4 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 4 26 14 12 4 0 3 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 3 21 16 5 2 0 1 0
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 0 0 0 4
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 2
27 James, Max ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 1 30 19 11 5 2 9 1
1 Murphy, John ? ? 2 2 39 31 8 4 0 7 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 1
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 3 8 6 2 3 5 2 3
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 2
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 8 19 1 4
14 Young, David ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 0 0 4 3
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 22 302 215 87 49 26 47 36

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