1980 VFL Season 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 three of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (14.17.101) were defeated by Essendon (24.12.156).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ian Stewart

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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