1979 VFL Season 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 sixteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (8.18.66) were defeated by North Melbourne (12.16.88).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ian Stewart

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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