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South Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 29-Jul-1978
Final Round 17
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Des Tuddenham
105 15.15
91 13.13
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
Footscray logo
Lake Oval South Melbourne by 14 SMO by 14
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

1 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 43 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 31 Francis Jackson — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Morrison — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 15 Bernie Evans — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Teasdale — · Position unavailable 18 Robert Dean — · Position unavailable 25 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 14 David Young — · Position unavailable 7 Gary Brice — · Position unavailable 28 Michael Smith — · Position unavailable 27 Max James — · Position unavailable 8 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 26 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 6 Colin Hounsell — · Position unavailable 12 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 34 Stewart Gull — · Position unavailable 19 Terry ONeill — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 34 Jack Dinatale — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 27 Jeff Gieschen — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 23 Lee Perussich — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO7.22.71.45.2105
FTS2.14.33.44.591

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Kelvin TempletonFTS
Behinds
5
Kelvin TempletonFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOFTS

Scoring / Attack

15Goals13
15Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

297Disposals289
207Kicks212
90Handballs77

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts22

Other

69Marks67

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Footscray by 14 points, 105–91.

South Melbourne extended a 11-point three-quarter-time lead with a 32–29 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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