1980 VFL Round 6: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1980 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round 6 of the 1980 VFL season. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at MCG. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Melbourne
C. Ditterich (capt.), S. Bickford, M. Byrne, C. Clayton, B. Crosswell, B. Elliott, T. Elshaug, R. Flower, L. Fowler, G. Gaunt, P. Giles, W. Gordon, P. Hamilton, G. Healy, G. Hutchison, P. Pinnell, R. Rowe, S. Smith, G. Wells, C. Woodman

South Melbourne
B. Round (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Browning, R. Carter, N. Fields, M. Fraser, F. Jackson, D. Koop, M. Kruse, P. Morrison, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, D. Rhys-Jones, I. Roberts, J. Roberts, G. Smith, G. Teasdale, M. Wright, S. Wright

Melbourne (15.14.104) were defeated by South Melbourne (19.16.130).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Crosswell (3), G. Gaunt (3), M. Byrne (2), C. Clayton (2), S. Smith (2), G. Healy, R. Rowe, C. Woodman
South Melbourne: J. Roberts (6), D. Koop (3), P. Morrison (2), D. Rhys-Jones (2), N. Fields, M. Kruse, I. Roberts, G. Teasdale, M. Wright, S. Wright

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and South Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 May 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,467

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 15.14.104 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
South Melbourne 5 . 3 9 . 10 12 . 13 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin SMLB by 1 SMLB by 23 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 26 SMLB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Carl Ditterich (Melbourne), Ian Stewart (South Melbourne)
Captains: Carl Ditterich (Melbourne), Barry Round (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Carbines, N. Nash

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 8 7 0 5
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 2 3 21 14 7 3 0 4 4
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 2 18 10 8 8 0 3 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 1
32 Elliott, Bruce ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 2 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 0 0 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 3 0 20 14 6 1 0 1 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 5 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 2 1
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 3 26 20 6 5 1 5 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 3 0 1 2
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 5 1
42 Rowe, Russell ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 4 2 1 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 1 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 12 20 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 14 279 181 98 80 34 40 42

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 1 0 2 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 3 2
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 30 25 5 6 0 2 3
44 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 4 0
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 3 0 3 1
47 Koop, Doug ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 3 0 2 2
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 4 0 2 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 0
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 4
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 7 0 2 1
6 Murphy, Dale ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 0 0 1 0
40 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 2
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 5 0 2 6
10 Roberts, John ? ? 6 2 15 14 1 10 0 2 2
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 17 6 11 7 16 4 2
46 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 1 2
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 5 15 3 4
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 16 300 207 93 72 31 42 40

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