1979 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1979 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

South Melbourne (31.9.195) defeated Footscray (15.16.106).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,815

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 31.9.195 - 15.16.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 8 . 4 15 . 7 22 . 9 31 . 9 31 . 9 (195)
Footscray 6 . 4 8 . 9 12 . 13 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Margin SMLB by 12 SMLB by 40 SMLB by 56 SMLB by 89 SMLB by 89
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Don McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
J. Moss

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 4 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 1
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 2
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 6 0 1 5
44 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 0
27 James, Max ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 0
47 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 2
24 Lamb, Robert ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 4 0 21 14 7 8 0 4 0
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 4 2 24 21 3 11 0 1 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 2 16 12 4 10 0 1 3
38 Murphy, Dale ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 1
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 3 0 18 16 2 3 1 3 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 2
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 5
25 Round, Barry ? ? 4 0 25 11 14 12 22 2 5
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 3 0 25 15 10 7 0 3 1
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 1 11 5 6 3 15 2 3
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 2 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 1 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 31 9 315 219 96 93 38 36 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 1 0 3 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 4 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 2 0 1 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 1 4 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 2 24 16 8 4 1 2 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 2 14 8 6 3 12 5 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 6 0 3 4
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 1 1
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 1
19 Polson, Gordon ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 8 1 3
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
48 Tantsis, Angelo ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 2 11 11 0 11 0 2 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 2 24 20 4 4 0 3 2
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 16 283 206 77 63 22 38 36

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