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Melbourne vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 1-Aug-1981
Final Round 18
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
86 12.14
115 17.13
South Melbourne Coach: Ian Stewart
South Melbourne logo
M.C.G. South Melbourne by 29 South MEL by 29
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

40 Paul OBrien — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 54 Trevor Korn — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 8 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 11 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 47 Des ODwyer — · Position unavailable 25 Mark Jackson — · Position unavailable 50 Ian Todd — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Nettlefold — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 36 Peter Maynard — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Paul Morwood — · Position unavailable 26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 25 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 8 Greg Smith — · Position unavailable 15 Bernie Evans — · Position unavailable 23 Colin Hounsell — · Position unavailable 40 Dennis Carroll — · Position unavailable 13 Rod Carter — · Position unavailable 9 David Ackerly — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Teasdale — · Position unavailable 30 David Rhys-Jones — · Position unavailable 46 Silvio Foschini — · Position unavailable 10 John Roberts — · Position unavailable 19 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 41 Shane Morwood — · Position unavailable 31 Francis Jackson — · Position unavailable 39 David Winbanks — · Position unavailable 18 Wayne Carroll — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.24.32.63.386
SMO2.15.74.36.2115

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Graham TeasdaleSMO
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Des ODwyerMEL
SuperCoach
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELSMO

Scoring / Attack

12Goals17
13Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

272Disposals269
188Kicks193
84Handballs76

Clearance / Contest

31Hitouts33

Other

62Marks64
38Frees For39
39Frees Against38

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Melbourne by 29 points, 115–86.

South Melbourne extended a 12-point three-quarter-time lead with a 38–21 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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