1981 VFL Round 6: St Kilda v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1981 between St Kilda and South Melbourne during round 6 of the 1981 VFL season. St Kilda hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Alex Jesaulenko captained the hosts. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alex Jesaulenko and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

St Kilda
A. Jesaulenko (capt.), T. Barker, J. Bennett, M. Bromberg, G. Burns, D. Cox, G. Cunningham, J. Dunne, R. Elphinstone, M. Faletic, J. Fehring, M. Kellett, G. Lofts, S. Meehan, B. Mildenhall, M. Nettlefold, M. Roberts, J. Sarau, I. Sartori, G. Thomas

South Melbourne
B. Round (capt.), D. Ackerly, S. Allender, R. Carter, G. Cowton, A. Daniher, B. Evans, K. Goss, C. Hounsell, F. Jackson, M. James, M. Kruse, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, D. Rhys-Jones, J. Roberts, B. Scott, G. Smith, K. Taylor, S. Wright

St Kilda (13.15.93) were defeated by South Melbourne (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: J. Bennett (6), M. Faletic (2), A. Jesaulenko (2), B. Mildenhall (2), M. Roberts
South Melbourne: J. Roberts (4), K. Taylor (4), B. Evans (3), S. Allender, M. James, P. Morwood, S. Wright

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) and South Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: St Kilda v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,250

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by South Melbourne
Score: 13.15.93 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 7 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
South Melbourne 5 . 5 10 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin SMLB by 3 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alex Jesaulenko (St Kilda), Ian Stewart (South Melbourne)
Captains: Alex Jesaulenko (St Kilda), Barry Round (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Dargavel, N. Nash

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 1 33 27 6 2 0 5 1
34 Bennett, John ? ? 6 2 23 19 4 10 0 1 3
15 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 2 3
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 0 1 4
7 Cox, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 7 0 2 2
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 3 13 3 0 0 6
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 1 25 14 11 4 0 1 2
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 4
9 Faletic, Milan ? ? 2 2 18 16 2 7 0 1 4
13 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 2 11 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 2 0 0 2
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 5 1 2 2
2 Lofts, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 2 1
28 Meehan, Simon ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 4
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 1
47 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 2 0 1 2
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 0 0 2 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 11 0 3
6 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 2 3
18 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 15 323 202 121 62 23 28 54

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 2 2
14 Allender, Stephen ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 5 9 3 4
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 5 2
5 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 2 0
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 2 19 15 4 6 0 3 1
7 Goss, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 0
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 1 0 1 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 3 2
27 James, Max ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 6 0 4 0
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 3 1
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 5 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 3 1
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 3 1
10 Roberts, John ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 8 2 1 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 4 15 6 1
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 2 1 0 0
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 5 3
22 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 4 3 20 12 8 4 0 4 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 13 299 220 79 64 28 54 28

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