1979 VFL 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 21 of the 1979 VFL season.
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
R. Quade (capt.), D. Ackerly, G. Dempster, N. Fields, J. Hummel, M. James, M. Kruse, D. McLeish, P. Morrison, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, T. O'Neill, J. Rantall, I. Roberts, B. Round, M. Smith, L. Thompson, S. Wright, S. Zantuck
Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), S. Madden (vice-capt.), C. Barbary, P. Bennett, M. Crow, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, A. Davis, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, K. Mansfield, I. Marsh, R. Muir, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, M. Sheldon, K. Steel, S. Taubert, T. Watson
South Melbourne (10.16.76) were defeated by Essendon (13.17.95).
Goalkickers
South Melbourne: S. Wright (4), N. Fields (3), P. Morwood (2), M. Kruse
Essendon: T. Daniher (7), N. Daniher (3), S. Madden (2), S. Heard
As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Essendon remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the day.
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
Coaches:
Ian Stewart
(South Melbourne),
Barry Davis
(Essendon)
Captains:
Ricky Quade
(South Melbourne),
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(South Melbourne),
Simon Madden
(Essendon)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||