1979 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1979 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

South Melbourne (15.21.111) were defeated by Richmond (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 19,766

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 15.21.111 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 4 10 . 12 12 . 18 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Richmond 8 . 1 9 . 2 13 . 7 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin RICH by 21 SMLB by 16 SMLB by 5 RICH by 14 RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Polites
K. Smith

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 3 0 3 5
9 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 5 0 4 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 1 2
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 4 0 2 5
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 3 1 14 9 5 1 0 2 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 3 1
27 James, Max ? ? 4 1 14 11 3 4 0 4 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 3 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 3 12 11 1 7 0 2 2
1 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 4 0 2 3
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 1 3
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 7 2 3 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 3 13 11 2 3 10 5 3
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 5 14 2 1
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 2
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 4 3
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 21 271 212 59 61 26 47 43

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 30 28 2 2 0 6 2
49 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 2 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 4
33 Cloke, David ? ? 5 1 12 9 3 5 4 2 1
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 7 2 2 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 1 1 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 4 23 2 7
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 5 2
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 2 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 1 0 3 2
6 Mount, Stephen ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 4 1 1 2
32 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 4 1 16 13 3 10 0 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 3 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 4 0 4 5
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 2 0 3 4
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 11 287 204 83 62 32 43 47

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