1981 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1981 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Barry Round captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

South Melbourne (18.22.130) defeated Footscray (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 April 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,545

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 18.22.130 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 5 9 . 9 11 . 14 18 . 22 18 . 22 (130)
Footscray 3 . 4 3 . 9 7 . 13 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin SMLB by 7 SMLB by 36 SMLB by 25 SMLB by 62 SMLB by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ian Stewart

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Royce Hart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 3 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 2 1
5 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 1 2 7
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 3 0 2 3
46 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 0 14 1 2
7 Goss, Kevin ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 1 0 1 5
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 2 25 15 10 5 0 2 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 3 1 2 3
27 James, Max ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 4 0 0 0
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 4 0 1 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 4 0 4 2
2 Plumb, Phillip ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 2
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 0 3
10 Roberts, John ? ? 4 2 9 7 2 3 0 2 2
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 4 0 34 11 23 11 7 3 5
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 2 1 25 21 4 3 0 2 1
22 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 1 4 14 10 4 1 0 2 5
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 2 28 20 8 4 0 6 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 22 314 208 106 62 23 40 46

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 6 11 2 6
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 3 2
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 2 0 4 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 4 2
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 2 0 8 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 3 4 24 17 7 1 1 3 4
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 4 1
6 Ford, Alister ? ? 2 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 3 32 2 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 2 1 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 1 20 8 12 3 0 2 2
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 2 1 4
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 1 0 1 3
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 1 2
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 2 0 4 3
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 0 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 1 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 14 293 186 107 37 47 46 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