1979 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1979 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Melbourne (24.23.167) defeated South Melbourne (24.10.154).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,036

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 24.23.167 - 24.10.154

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 9 . 11 17 . 17 24 . 23 24 . 23 (167)
South Melbourne 4 . 5 10 . 5 18 . 8 24 . 10 24 . 10 (154)
Margin MELB by 4 level MELB by 3 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
P. Serong

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 19 3 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 3 16 13 3 7 0 2 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 3 8 1 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 2 2 26 19 7 5 0 3 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 8 0 0
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 6 0 2 3
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 2 33 21 12 9 0 1 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 4 30 17 13 8 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 3 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 2 25 15 10 6 0 0 3
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 1 2 21 19 2 5 0 0 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 1 0 1
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 6 3 24 18 6 5 0 3 1
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 4 2 33 26 7 9 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 23 335 231 104 83 36 27 28

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 1 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
49 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 2 1
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 0 28 19 9 0 0 3 3
4 Hummel, Jon ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 0
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 0
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 1 28 16 12 11 1 0 0
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 4 21 17 4 5 0 3 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 8 1 15 12 3 11 0 0 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 0 2
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 5 9 3 3
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 3 0 19 10 9 2 18 3 2
39 Williams, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 0 0 6 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 10 301 203 98 75 28 28 27

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