1980 VFL Round 2: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1980 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round 2 of the 1980 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Barry Round captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

South Melbourne
B. Round (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Browning, R. Dean, B. Evans, N. Fields, K. Goss, V. Hugo, F. Jackson, N. Jenkinson, R. McGhie, P. Morrison, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, I. Roberts, J. Roberts, M. Smith, G. Teasdale, M. Wright, S. Wright

Footscray
R. Abbey, R. Anderson, B. Berry, N. Cordy, G. Cowton, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, S. Loveless, M. McKenna, I. Morrison, J. Moylan, A. Pollett, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Templeton, R. Tweeddale, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

South Melbourne (14.17.101) defeated Footscray (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: R. Dean (2), P. Morrison (2), I. Roberts (2), J. Roberts (2), B. Evans, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, M. Smith, M. Wright, S. Wright
Footscray: S. Loveless (4), I. Hampshire (2), K. Templeton (2), R. Abbey, M. McKenna

As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) and Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Monday 7 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 19,289

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.17.101 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 5 10 . 9 12 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 5 9 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin SMLB by 14 SMLB by 46 SMLB by 22 SMLB by 28 SMLB by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ian Stewart (South Melbourne), Royce Hart (Footscray)
Captains: Barry Round (South Melbourne), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Morgan, N. Nash

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 2
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 1 0 3 1
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 4 1 1 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 4 22 17 5 7 0 2 1
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 3 2
7 Goss, Kevin ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 5 0 0 4
39 Hugo, Victor ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 2
3 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 4 1
1 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 5 0 0 1
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 4 0 2 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 0 18 7 11 11 0 2 1
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 2 0 1 1
10 Roberts, John ? ? 2 3 9 6 3 5 2 0 2
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 14 13 3 5
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 6 0 1 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 4
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 9 0 3 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 1 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 17 321 220 101 95 17 35 35

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 0
12 Anderson, Robert ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 1 0 1 2
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 26 2 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 4 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 2 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 29 21 8 3 0 3 0
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 2 2
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 3 8 5 3 4 16 1 5
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 0 1
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 5 3 0 3
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 0 0 2 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 3 0
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 2 1
45 Pollett, Andrew ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 7 2 3 5
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 4
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 5 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 13 286 188 98 41 47 35 35

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