1979 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1979 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round ten of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Essendon (16.19.115) defeated South Melbourne (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,992

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.19.115 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 7 7 . 10 11 . 15 16 . 19 16 . 19 (115)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 7 10 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin ESSE by 11 SMLB by 3 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Norris
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 2 2
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 10 1 3 3
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 5 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 1 2
3 Day, Barry ? ? 3 2 20 16 4 5 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 0 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 3 15 9 6 8 17 2 1
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 5 10 4 3
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 4 0
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 5 0 2 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 1 1
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 1 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 5 4 28 24 4 9 0 2 5
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 3 1 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 3 21 17 4 7 1 4 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 3 1 19 14 5 6 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 19 311 227 84 97 30 38 38

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Ackerly, David ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 5 0 1 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 3 25 20 5 14 0 3 1
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 4 24 24 0 8 0 5 3
44 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
37 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 4 2
4 Hummel, Jon ? ? 2 2 15 14 1 3 0 0 0
24 Lamb, Robert ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 14 0 2 3
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 1 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 5 0 1 4
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 9 0 2 1
41 Plumb, Phillip ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 3 0 2 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 0 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 28 17 11 11 23 4 6
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 1
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 4 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 293 231 62 102 23 38 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