1979 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1979 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Footscray (22.17.149) defeated South Melbourne (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,045

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 22.17.149 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 3 10 . 7 13 . 10 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
South Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 6 10 . 12 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin SMLB by 1 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 48 FOOT by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 2 2 18 11 7 5 0 1 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 4 0 1 1
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 6 0 3 1
46 Davis, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 1 31 24 7 4 0 3 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 1 1 1
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 0 27 18 9 6 1 1 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 11 16 3 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 2
16 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 1 0 0 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 0 0 3 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 2 0 2 0
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 1 1 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 1
9 Moylan, John ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 2
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 6 0 3 4
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 8 5 15 14 1 9 0 1 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 3
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 11 3 8 2 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 17 328 220 108 70 19 33 35

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 3 0 1 2
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 5 0 1 2
9 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 2 0 0 4
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 6 0 1 1
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 0 0 2 4
4 Hummel, Jon ? ? 3 2 14 10 4 5 0 3 1
27 James, Max ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 6 0 0 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 4 1
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 3 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 3 0 2 1
1 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 1 0 1 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 4 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 9 3 1 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 8 12 2 3
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 4 12 2 2
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 3 1
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 3 21 17 4 6 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 17 310 207 103 77 27 36 33

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