1979 VFL Season Round 21: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1979 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

South Melbourne (10.16.76) were defeated by Essendon (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 32,127

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 10.16.76 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 2 9 . 7 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Essendon 4 . 9 8 . 11 12 . 15 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 3
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 8 0 0 3
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 1 16 15 1 8 0 2 2
4 Hummel, Jon ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
27 James, Max ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 0 2
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 4 0 4 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 1 0 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 2 23 15 8 7 0 4 5
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 7 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 4 17 11 6 6 0 0 3
38 Murphy, Dale ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 2 0 1 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 2
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 3 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 0 0 3 2
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 0 1 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 6 12 7 2
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 7 4 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 4 2 27 23 4 2 0 5 4
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 16 312 224 88 73 20 41 42

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 1
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 3 5
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 7 19 2 6
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 3 5 20 12 8 6 0 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 7 3 12 12 0 7 0 0 4
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 1 0 4 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 0 0 2 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 2 0 17 9 8 9 6 3 5
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 3 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 3 1
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 1 1
12 Sheldon, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1
20 Steel, Kelvin ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 2 0 1 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 3 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 17 300 217 83 70 25 42 41

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