1978 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1978 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Melbourne (15.16.106) defeated South Melbourne (11.19.85).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,488

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.16.106 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
South Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 9 9 . 14 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin SMLB by 6 MELB by 1 SMLB by 1 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
J. Moss

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 16 21 2 5
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 2 16 7 9 4 0 3 1
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 3 1 34 16 18 5 0 3 3
36 Cooke, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 3
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 6 0 2 3
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 2 0 1 4
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 2 2
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 1 1 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 4 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 3 1 1 0
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 1 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 2
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 2 0 23 12 11 1 0 3 5
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 9 0 1 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 4 0
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 3 0 3 0
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 1 0
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 4 7 7 0 3 4 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 16 338 230 108 78 27 38 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 3
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 3 0 5 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 4 0 1 4
17 Fox, Graham ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 2 3 6 5 1 2 0 2 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 4 0 1 2
27 James, Max ? ? 0 3 14 8 6 5 0 1 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 0 2 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 2 4
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 3 19 15 4 5 0 3 1
1 Murphy, John ? ? 5 1 22 15 7 6 0 3 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 2 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 6 2 2
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 3 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 2 2 25 19 6 15 16 2 3
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 1
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 19 305 212 93 79 22 39 38

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