1981 VFL Season Round 8: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1981 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round eight of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Barry Round captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

South Melbourne (17.25.127) defeated Melbourne (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 May 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,307

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 17.25.127 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 8 9 . 13 14 . 16 17 . 25 17 . 25 (127)
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 5 11 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MELB by 8 SMLB by 26 SMLB by 27 SMLB by 44 SMLB by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ian Stewart

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Dye

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Allender, Stephen ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 2 7 3 2
28 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 6 19 17 2 3 0 1 1
40 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 1 1 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 5 1
5 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 1 2 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 2 1 11 5 6 1 0 2 1
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 4 0 1 1
29 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 3 2 16 13 3 3 0 1 1
47 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 0 0 1 2
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 1 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 4
2 Plumb, Phillip ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 1
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 2 1
10 Roberts, John ? ? 1 3 11 9 2 5 2 1 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 7 18 2 4
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 0 1 3
22 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 4 5 19 18 1 4 0 3 5
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 2 33 23 10 2 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 25 309 228 81 55 33 33 39

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 9 31 4 2
42 Barham, Jamie ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 2 2 0
15 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 4 0 5 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 1 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 3 0 3 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 3 7
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 2 0
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 34 24 10 8 1 3 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 1 3 1 5
36 Maynard, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 2 0 3 2
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 2 3 21 18 3 3 0 1 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 3 0 2 1
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 0
5 Young, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 0 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 11 287 192 95 59 37 39 33

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