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Footscray vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 6-May-1978
Final Round 6
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
105 16.9
123 18.15
South Melbourne Coach: Des Tuddenham
South Melbourne logo
Waverley Park South Melbourne by 18 SMO by 18
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 40 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 23 Lee Perussich — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 8 Matt Johnson — · Position unavailable 48 Angelo Tantsis — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

14 David Young — · Position unavailable 1 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 26 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 16 Ricky Quade — · Position unavailable 18 Robert Dean — · Position unavailable 25 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Teasdale — · Position unavailable 12 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Morrison — · Position unavailable 43 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 8 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 6 Colin Hounsell — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 40 Michael Wright — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 15 Bernie Evans — · Position unavailable 7 Gary Brice — · Position unavailable 19 Terry ONeill — · Position unavailable 29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 28 Michael Smith — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS4.33.04.35.3105
SMO2.32.36.68.3123

Match Leaders

Goals
6
John MurphySMO
Behinds
4
David YoungSMO
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSSMO

Scoring / Attack

16Goals18
6Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

312Disposals297
231Kicks203
81Handballs94

Clearance / Contest

30Hitouts16

Other

67Marks74

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Footscray by 18 points, 123–105.

Scores were level at three-quarter time. South Melbourne then won the last quarter 51–33 to settle the match.

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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