South Melbourne vs Fitzroy 8-Jul-1978 Lineups

Saturday 8-Jul-1978

Final Round 14

South Melbourne Coach: Des Tuddenham

143 22.11

93 13.15

Fitzroy Coach: Graham Campbell

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Peter Morrison — 15 Bernie Evans — 16 Ricky Quade — 1 John Murphy — 6 Colin Hounsell — 31 Francis Jackson — 20 Graham Teasdale — 19 Terry ONeill — 29 David McLeish — 43 Mark Browning — 18 Robert Dean — 25 Barry Round — 14 David Young — 7 Gary Brice — 28 Michael Smith — 34 Stewart Gull — 26 Steve Hoffman — 5 John Rantall — 27 Max James — 8 John Scarlett —

Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Warwick Irwin — 29 Garry Wilson — 5 Bernie Quinlan — 19 David McMahon — 12 Mick Conlan — 8 Chris Smith — 13 Peter Keays — 10 Laurie Serafini — 27 Graeme Allan — 21 Alan Thompson — 2 Brian Brown — 23 Gerald McCarthy — 17 Russ Hodges — 9 Robert Walls — 6 Ron Alexander — 24 Bob Beecroft — 28 Rod Carter — 36 Harvey Merrigan — 16 Chris Hansen — 14 Barry Padley —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	5.2	8.3	6.5	3.1	143
FIT	2.5	1.8	5.1	5.1	93

Match Leaders

Goals

Stewart GullSMO

Behinds

Mick ConlanFIT

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOFIT

Scoring / Attack

22Goals13

10Behinds14

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

307Disposals274

223Kicks201

84Handballs73

Clearance / Contest

39Hitouts27

Other

83Marks60

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Fitzroy by 50 points, 143–93.

South Melbourne took a 62-point lead into the last quarter. Fitzroy cut that back to 50 by the final siren, scoring 31 points to 19 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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