1981 VFL Round 15: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1981 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round 15 of the 1981 VFL season. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Footscray
B. Berry, C. Burton, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, S. Davidson, T. De Koning, I. Dunstan, M. Egan, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, S. Knight, S. Loveless, J. McAllester, A. McConnell, M. McKenna, B. Perrin, B. Reid, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

South Melbourne
B. Round (capt.), D. Ackerly, S. Allender, M. Browning, D. Carroll, W. Carroll, R. Carter, B. Evans, S. Foschini, C. Hounsell, F. Jackson, M. James, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, D. Rhys-Jones, J. Roberts, G. Smith, G. Teasdale, D. Winbanks, S. Wright

Footscray (7.9.51) were defeated by South Melbourne (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Footscray: M. McKenna (2), C. Burton, B. Cordy, I. Hampshire, S. Loveless, T. Whitten
South Melbourne: J. Roberts (5), W. Carroll (4), S. Foschini (2), B. Evans, M. James, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, G. Teasdale, S. Wright

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 11th on the ladder and South Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 July 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,478

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.9.51 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 2 . 5 6 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
South Melbourne 5 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 10 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin SMLB by 24 SMLB by 31 SMLB by 20 SMLB by 63 SMLB by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Ian Stewart (South Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Barry Round (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 0 0 2 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 3
9 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 2
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 2 0 1 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 3 0 4 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 25 6 19 7 24 4 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 6 0 7 2
54 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 4 2
12 Knight, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 5
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 1 3 7 4 3 5 1 0 3
36 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 5 1
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 1 0 7 1
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 0 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 1 2 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 2 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 2 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 9 289 194 95 57 30 51 32

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 3 0
14 Allender, Stephen ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 1 6
40 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 3
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 4 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 4
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 4 0 0 1
46 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 2 0 2 0
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 1 2
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 1 32 26 6 6 0 2 2
27 James, Max ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 2 4
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 3 0 3 5
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 0 5 5
10 Roberts, John ? ? 5 2 23 17 6 7 1 3 2
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 6 13 1 2
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 5 0 0 3
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 13 0 2
39 Winbanks, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 1 2 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 0 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 12 331 242 89 73 29 32 51

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