South Melbourne vs Geelong 19-Aug-1978 Lineups

Saturday 19-Aug-1978

Final Round 20

South Melbourne Coach: Des Tuddenham

155 24.11

167 26.11

Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson

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

15 Bernie Evans — 43 Mark Browning — 1 John Murphy — 29 David McLeish — 14 David Young — 7 Gary Brice — 26 Steve Hoffman — 40 Michael Wright — 16 Ricky Quade — 19 Terry ONeill — 27 Max James — 34 Stewart Gull — 31 Francis Jackson — 35 Peter Morrison — 30 Shane Zantuck — 20 Graham Teasdale — 21 Tony Morwood — 8 John Scarlett — 5 John Rantall — 28 Michael Smith —

Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Bruce Nankervis — 14 David Clarke — 13 Paul Sarah — 28 Andy Preston — 36 Peter Doyle — 40 Ian Nankervis — 7 Kelvin Matthews — 11 Alan Woodman — 20 Ray Card — 17 Sam Newman — 6 David Manson — 23 Larry Donohue — 35 Robert Neal — 9 Michael Turner — 4 Terry Bright — 5 Gary Malarkey — 37 Tommy Floyd — 24 Bryan Cousins — 22 Paul Jeffreys — 25 Jeff Fehring —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	8.2	6.1	5.3	5.5	155
GEE	9.3	9.0	3.4	5.4	167

Match Leaders

Goals

2 tied leaders

Stewart GullSMO

Behinds

3 tied leaders

John MurphySMO

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOGEE

Scoring / Attack

24Goals26

10Behinds11

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

308Disposals330

210Kicks226

98Handballs104

Clearance / Contest

25Hitouts29

Other

69Marks79

How the match finished

Geelong beat South Melbourne by 12 points, 167–155.

Geelong took a 13-point lead into the last quarter. South Melbourne cut that back to 12 by the final siren, scoring 35 points to 34 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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