Essendon vs South Melbourne 1-Apr-1978 Lineups

Saturday 1-Apr-1978

Final Round 1

Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

123 19.9

102 14.18

South Melbourne Coach: Des Tuddenham

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

37 Ian Marsh — 24 Stephen Robins — 10 Garry Foulds — 20 Terry Cahill — 29 Allan Davis — 21 Ken Fletcher — 4 Ron Andrews — 9 Shane Heard — 17 Colin Boyd — 15 Wayne Primmer — 26 Robert Shaw — 1 Brian Walsh — 5 Terry Daniher — 7 Geoff Burdett — 19 Robin Close — 14 Bernie Jones — 27 Simon Madden — 36 Denis Scanlon — 32 Tim Watson — 25 Roger Merrett —

Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

25 Barry Round — 16 Ricky Quade — 6 Colin Hounsell — 7 Gary Brice — 31 Francis Jackson — 20 Graham Teasdale — 18 Robert Dean — 5 John Rantall — 14 David Young — 43 Mark Browning — 27 Max James — 19 Terry ONeill — 29 David McLeish — 13 Graham Dempster — 8 John Scarlett — 15 Bernie Evans — 35 Peter Morrison — 10 Brian Woodman — 12 Neville Fields — 30 Shane Zantuck —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ESS	5.3	2.2	6.2	6.2	123
SMO	2.5	4.4	2.6	6.3	102

Match Leaders

Goals

Wayne PrimmerESS

Behinds

Barry RoundSMO

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

19Goals14

8Behinds16

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

303Disposals270

231Kicks209

72Handballs61

Clearance / Contest

0Hitouts21

Other

77Marks64

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 21 points, 123–102.

Essendon took a 22-point lead into the last quarter. South Melbourne cut that back to 21 by the final siren, scoring 39 points to 38 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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