1979 VFL Round 16: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1979 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round 16 of the 1979 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

South Melbourne
D. Ackerly, G. Brice, R. Dean, N. Fields, C. Hounsell, J. Hummel, M. James, M. Kruse, R. Lamb, D. McLeish, P. Morrison, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, T. O'Neill, J. Rantall, I. Roberts, B. Round, L. Thompson, S. Wright, S. Zantuck

North Melbourne
S. Alves, A. Briedis, K. Bryant, G. Dempsey, R. Ebert, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, R. Henshaw, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, J. Law, S. McCann, G. Melrose, J. Murphy, B. Nettlefold, M. Nolan, R. Podolczak, D. Schimmelbusch, W. Schimmelbusch, D. Sutton

South Melbourne (8.18.66) were defeated by North Melbourne (12.16.88).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: N. Fields (2), R. Lamb (2), L. Thompson (2), M. Kruse, T. Morwood
North Melbourne: A. Briedis (3), R. Glendinning (3), R. Ebert (2), G. Dempsey, B. Nettlefold, D. Schimmelbusch, W. Schimmelbusch

As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,725

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.18.66 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Melbourne	4	.	3	7	.	6	7	.	11	8	.	18	8	.	18	(66)
North Melbourne	1	.	6	3	.	12	9	.	15	12	.	16	12	.	16	(88)
Margin	SMLB by 15			SMLB by 18			NMLB by 16			NMLB by 22			NMLB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ian Stewart (South Melbourne), Ron Barassi (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (South Melbourne), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Marcy, K. Quinn

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
42	Ackerly, David	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	4	3
7	Brice, Gary	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	2	1
18	Dean, Robert	?	?	0	2	27	18	9	15	0	1	3
12	Fields, Neville	?	?	2	3	36	31	5	2	0	8	1
6	Hounsell, Colin	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	0	3
4	Hummel, Jon	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	1	1
27	James, Max	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	3	0	0	0
34	Kruse, Max	?	?	1	1	11	10	1	5	0	0	6
24	Lamb, Robert	?	?	2	2	16	14	2	2	0	3	0
29	McLeish, David	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	2	0	1	0
35	Morrison, Peter	?	?	0	1	32	18	14	8	0	3	1
32	Morwood, Paul	?	?	0	0	22	13	9	7	0	2	2
21	Morwood, Tony	?	?	1	1	11	7	4	4	0	2	4
19	O'Neill, Terry	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	3	1
5	Rantall, John	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	1	2
17	Roberts, Ian	?	?	0	2	11	8	3	2	1	2	2
25	Round, Barry	?	?	0	0	26	13	13	11	7	2	0
2	Thompson, Len	?	?	2	2	12	6	6	3	11	3	4
26	Wright, Stephen	?	?	0	2	12	7	5	2	0	2	1
30	Zantuck, Shane	?	?	0	0	25	20	5	8	0	6	2
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				8	18	321	223	98	86	19	46	37

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
2	Alves, Stan	?	?	0	1	21	13	8	6	0	2	2
6	Briedis, Arnold	?	?	3	0	6	4	2	3	1	0	1
9	Bryant, Kevin	?	?	0	1	10	5	5	2	0	1	2
24	Dempsey, Gary	?	?	1	0	15	8	7	11	24	1	5
7	Ebert, Russell	?	?	2	0	14	9	5	2	0	0	1
4	Glendinning, Ross	?	?	3	2	18	13	5	6	3	3	4
27	Greig, Keith	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	3	4
34	Henshaw, Ross	?	?	0	0	16	6	10	3	0	2	2
36	Icke, Stephen	?	?	0	1	29	16	13	2	0	5	0
47	Jarrott, Alan	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	0	0
13	Law, John	?	?	0	0	22	18	4	2	0	6	3
16	McCann, Stephen	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	5	8	2	2
17	Melrose, Graham	?	?	0	3	22	13	9	5	0	2	3
26	Murphy, John	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	3	0	1	3
35	Nettlefold, Bill	?	?	1	3	19	11	8	2	0	0	3
22	Nolan, Mick	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Podolczak, Roger	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	1	0	1	3
48	Schimmelbusch, Daryl	?	?	1	0	18	13	5	4	0	4	1
20	Schimmelbusch, Wayne	?	?	1	2	22	14	8	3	0	2	4
5	Sutton, Darryl	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	6	0	2	2
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				12	16	319	204	115	72	36	37	45

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

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