1978 VFL Season 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 eighteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (14.9.93) defeated Richmond (9.16.70).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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