1980 VFL Round 3: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1980 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round 3 of the 1980 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Barry Round captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

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

Essendon
S. Madden (capt.), R. Andrews, P. Bennett, N. Besanko, P. Carman, N. Daniher, B. Day, F. Dunell, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, S. Heard, P. Keenan, I. Marsh, J. McAllester, R. Merrett, R. Muir, M. Neagle, S. Robins, A. Stoneham, T. Watson

South Melbourne (14.17.101) were defeated by Essendon (24.12.156).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: J. Roberts (7), T. Morwood (2), M. Wright (2), P. Morwood, G. Teasdale, S. Wright
Essendon: S. Madden (5), B. Day (4), S. Robins (4), F. Dunell (3), P. Carman (2), I. Marsh (2), P. Bennett, S. Heard, A. Stoneham, T. Watson

As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 33,909

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 14.17.101 - 24.12.156

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 7 8 . 14 10 . 15 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Essendon 2 . 8 8 . 10 16 . 11 24 . 12 24 . 12 (156)
Margin SMLB by 5 SMLB by 4 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ian Stewart (South Melbourne), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captains: Barry Round (South Melbourne), Simon Madden (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, B. Deller

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 5 0 1 1
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 3
7 Goss, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 3
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 1
27 James, Max ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
3 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
1 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 3
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 7 0 3 1
6 Murphy, Dale ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 2 2
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0
10 Roberts, John ? ? 7 4 15 14 1 6 2 4 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 20 9 11 9 22 4 0
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 4
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 2 4 16 10 6 3 0 4 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 3 0 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 17 259 181 78 65 25 36 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 2
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 2 0 2 2
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2
8 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 1 21 10 11 3 1 4 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 3
3 Day, Barry ? ? 4 1 19 12 7 4 0 1 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 3 2 16 10 6 4 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 3 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 1 0 1 4
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 21 0 2
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 5 0 20 14 6 8 7 3 5
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 2 2 30 18 12 3 0 3 3
40 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 4 0 2 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 4 3 13 13 0 5 0 1 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 2 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 5 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 24 12 321 200 121 59 29 28 36

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