1976 VFL Season Elimination Final: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1976 between Geelong and Footscray in the elimination final of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Geelong (14.18.102) defeated Footscray (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 September 1976
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 50,686

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 14.18.102 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 8 6 . 9 9 . 13 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Footscray 3 . 0 9 . 5 12 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin GEEL by 14 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 13 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 4 1 2 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 7 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 0 0 1 1
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 3 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 4 9 8 1 6 1 3 5
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 9 1 0 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 2 1 19 18 1 7 0 3 4
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 3 0 1 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 1 3 0 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 7 13 3 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 2 0 1 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 5 17 14 3 7 0 4 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 4 4
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 2 3 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 18 292 215 77 69 21 37 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 10 11 5 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 4 0 1 1
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 2 2 25 24 1 7 0 4 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 7 13 1 5
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 4 0 3 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 1 2
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 2 2 7 7 0 5 0 0 0
6 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 1 13 9 4 3 2 2 5
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 4 20 16 4 5 0 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 4 0 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 6 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 5 1 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 0 11 10 1 10 0 0 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 3 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 2 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 277 209 68 77 31 37 37

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s