1978 VFL Round 18: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1978 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round 18 of the 1978 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

South Melbourne
G. Brice, P. Carter, R. Dean, B. Evans, N. Fields, S. Gull, S. Hoffman, C. Hounsell, F. Jackson, M. James, D. McLeish, P. Morrison, T. Morwood, T. O'Neill, J. Rantall, B. Round, M. Smith, G. Teasdale, M. Wright, D. Young

Richmond
K. Sheedy (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, G. Davidson, J. Einsiedel, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, P. Laughlin, M. Lee, E. Leech, M. Malthouse, B. Monteath, G. Raines, I. Scrimshaw, G. Strachan, B. Tempany, D. Weightman

South Melbourne (14.9.93) defeated Richmond (9.16.70).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: S. Gull (3), T. Morwood (3), S. Hoffman (2), M. James (2), C. Hounsell, F. Jackson, P. Morrison, B. Round
Richmond: J. Jess (3), N. Balme (2), D. Cloke (2), B. Monteath (2)

As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder and Richmond remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 31,717

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 14.9.93 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 1 9 . 3 10 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Richmond 3 . 6 5 . 9 8 . 14 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Margin SMLB by 1 SMLB by 18 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 23 SMLB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Des Tuddenham (South Melbourne), Barry Richardson (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (South Melbourne), Kevin Sheedy (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 3 1
22 Carter, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 4 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 5
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 2 0 2 6
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 3
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 3 0 3 6
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 2
27 James, Max ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 9 1 1 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 6 0 4 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 17 14 3 6 0 1 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 10 3 2
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 6 0 1 6
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 6 19 8 4
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 1
14 Young, David ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 6 0 6 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 9 305 233 72 80 30 49 54

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 0 9 4 5 2 6 0 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 2 21 19 2 4 0 3 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 6 3
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 4 18 13 5 6 6 4 5
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 2
1 Einsiedel, John ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 4 0 0 3
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 4 3
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 1 2
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 14 2 6
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 1 23 18 5 7 0 2 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 32 27 5 5 0 9 3
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 2 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 3 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 6 0 2 3
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 6 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 9 16 318 218 100 73 26 54 49

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