1979 VFL Season: South Melbourne
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 |