1981 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1981 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Barry Round captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by South Melbourne (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1981 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 August 1981
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,886

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 7 . 8 11 . 11 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin MELB by 7 SMLB by 3 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 29 SMLB by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

South Melbourne

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. James

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 1 14 12 2 5 0 1 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 0 5
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 3
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 1
11 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 3 1 20 12 8 5 0 3 2
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 3 1 4 3
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 4 3 9 9 0 2 2 5 3
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 28 5 5
54 Korn, Trevor ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 2
36 Maynard, Peter ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 1 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 0 3 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 2
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 6 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 1
47 O'Dwyer, Des ? ? 0 3 10 6 4 5 0 0 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 1 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 2
50 Todd, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 272 188 84 62 31 38 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 3 4
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 1 23 15 8 3 2 3 4
40 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 1
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 5 5
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 4 0 1 1
46 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 1 1
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 2 0 2 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 4 3
41 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 1 0 1 2
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 2 4
10 Roberts, John ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 4 0 1 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 22 8 14 12 8 3 3
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 1 0 2 4
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 5 0 12 10 2 7 22 3 2
39 Winbanks, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 4 1 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 13 269 193 76 64 33 39 38

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