1978 VFL Season Round 17: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1978 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

South Melbourne (15.15.105) defeated Footscray (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 14,172

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 15.15.105 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 7 . 2 9 . 9 10 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Footscray 2 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin SMLB by 31 SMLB by 23 SMLB by 11 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 0 0 4 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 4 0 3 0
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 3 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 4 18 12 6 5 0 0 5
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 4
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 4 0 3 2
27 James, Max ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 0 3
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 2 22 10 12 3 0 2 3
1 Murphy, John ? ? 3 2 30 25 5 4 0 4 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 0 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 8 10 0 4
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 1 2
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 1 3 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 9 18 5 2
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 15 297 207 90 69 28 34 43

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 3 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 2
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 0 1 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 4 0 3 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 4 2
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 11 16 3 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 0 0 2 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 1 2 1
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 3
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 4 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 2 24 17 7 2 1 3 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 6 5 11 11 0 9 0 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 6 4 5 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 13 289 212 77 67 22 43 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