1976 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1976 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

South Melbourne (23.15.153) were defeated by Geelong (25.7.157).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 3 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,172

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 23.15.153 - 25.7.157

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 1 11 . 5 16 . 9 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
Geelong 6 . 2 13 . 4 21 . 5 25 . 7 25 . 7 (157)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Ian Stewart

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
D. Levens

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 2 17 2 3
28 Anderson, Syd ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 2
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 4 1 24 16 8 3 0 4 1
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 2 1 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 0 0 2 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 3 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 5 0 1 0
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 8 4 22 19 3 11 0 5 4
36 Elliott, Chris ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 2 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 1 0 5 3
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 4 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 1 0 2 3
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 4 0
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 1 29 20 9 5 4 2 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 0 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 3 2 13 12 1 2 9 1 2
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 6 0 0 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 15 322 246 76 66 32 48 39

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 1 2 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 2 0 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 9 0 6 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 7 1 10 10 0 5 1 5 4
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 10 1 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 0 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 2
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 12 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 0 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 4 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 0 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 9 17 8 5
38 Preen, John ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 0 0 3 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 3 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 6
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 3 1 15 6 9 4 0 2 6
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 25 7 254 197 57 64 32 39 48

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