1979 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of South Melbourne for the 1979 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in tenth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1979 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
10th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 90.9)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerly, David | #42 | 11 | 1 | R10-13, R16-22 |
| Brice, Gary | #7 | 10 | 0 | R06-07, R11-16, R18, R20 |
| Browning, Mark | #11 | 13 | 2 | R01, R04-05, R07-15, R19 |
| Carroll, Wayne | #49 | 1 | 1 | R15 |
| Carter, Peter | #22 | 4 | 2 | R02-05 |
| Cumming, Daryl | #9 | 10 | 4 | R01-03, R05-08, R11-13 |
| Dean, Robert | #18 | 9 | 7 | R02, R05-07, R16-20 |
| Dempster, Graham | #13 | 7 | 1 | R01, R08, R11, R13-15, R21 |
| Evans, Bernie | #15 | 12 | 15 | R01, R05-14, R17 |
| Fields, Neville | #12 | 21 | 33 | R01-08, R10-22 |
| Fraser, Mark | #44 | 4 | 0 | R09-10, R18-19 |
| Hall, Peter | #37 | 4 | 0 | R03-04, R10-11 |
| Hounsell, Colin | #6 | 12 | 6 | R01-04, R08-09, R11-12, R14, R16, R19, R22 |
| Hummel, Jon | #4 | 14 | 20 | R04-13, R15-16, R20-21 |
| Jackson, Francis | #31 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| James, Max | #27 | 16 | 22 | R01-09, R16-22 |
| Koop, Doug | #47 | 2 | 2 | R18, R22 |
| Kruse, Max | #34 | 8 | 7 | R13-17, R20-22 |
| Lamb, Robert | #24 | 7 | 10 | R09-10, R13, R16-19 |
| Lambert, Greg | #33 | 2 | 0 | R05, R08 |
| McLeish, David | #29 | 19 | 1 | R01-12, R14-17, R20-22 |
| Morrison, Peter | #35 | 18 | 21 | R02-04, R06, R09-22 |
| Morwood, Paul | #32 | 20 | 29 | R02-08, R10-22 |
| Morwood, Tony | #21 | 22 | 56 | R01-22 |
| Murphy, Dale | #38 | 5 | 0 | R18-22 |
| Murphy, John | #1 | 7 | 9 | R01-03, R06-09 |
| O'Neill, Terry | #19 | 16 | 2 | R01-03, R05-07, R09-17, R21 |
| Plumb, Phillip | #41 | 1 | 0 | R10 |
| Quade, Ricky | #16 | 21 | 14 | R01-15, R17-22 |
| Rantall, John | #5 | 21 | 0 | R01-16, R18-22 |
| Roberts, Ian | #17 | 10 | 3 | R13-22 |
| Round, Barry | #25 | 22 | 8 | R01-22 |
| Smith, Michael | #28 | 10 | 16 | R04, R09-12, R17-21 |
| Tarpey, Howard | #49 | 1 | 0 | R22 |
| Teasdale, Graham | #20 | 8 | 4 | R01-08 |
| Thompson, Len | #2 | 20 | 39 | R01-09, R12-22 |
| Williams, Garry | #39 | 3 | 0 | R13-15 |
| Wright, Michael | #8 | 17 | 0 | R01-10, R12, R14, R17-20, R22 |
| Wright, Stephen | #26 | 11 | 9 | R08-09, R14-22 |
| Young, David | #14 | 4 | 0 | R01-04 |
| Zantuck, Shane | #30 | 16 | 11 | R01-07, R09-12, R15-17, R21-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart, Ian | 22 | 6 | -0- | 16 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/1979 | Round 1 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 14 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 14/04/1979 | Round 2 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 53 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 21/04/1979 | Round 3 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 7 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 25/04/1979 | Round 4 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 94 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 05/05/1979 | Round 5 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 50 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 12/05/1979 | Round 6 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 89 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 19/05/1979 | Round 7 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 48 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 26/05/1979 | Round 8 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 87 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 02/06/1979 | Round 9 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 13 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 09/06/1979 | Round 10 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 16 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 18/06/1979 | Round 11 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 6 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 23/06/1979 | Round 12 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 56 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 30/06/1979 | Round 13 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 26 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 07/07/1979 | Round 14 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 15 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 14/07/1979 | Round 15 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 13 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 21/07/1979 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 22 | Ian Stewart | unknown |
| 28/07/1979 | Round 17 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 20 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 04/08/1979 | Round 18 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 89 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 11/08/1979 | Round 19 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 8 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 18/08/1979 | Round 20 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 30 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 25/08/1979 | Round 21 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 19 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
| 01/09/1979 | Round 22 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 33 | Ian Stewart | Ricky Quade |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.