1976 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1976 between Geelong and Richmond during round two of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Francis Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (22.11.143) defeated Richmond (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 10 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,445

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 22.11.143 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 6 10 . 9 16 . 9 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
Richmond 3 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 1 20 11 9 4 0 2 5
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 4 0 4 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 2 1 27 16 11 3 0 1 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 6 2 10 10 0 9 4 1 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 3 0 21 20 1 6 0 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 1 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 2
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 14 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 5 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 8 0 4 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 10 8 6 5
38 Preen, John ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 3 21 19 2 4 0 3 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 3 2 17 13 4 5 0 0 3
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 3 1 23 20 3 5 0 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 11 336 241 95 86 26 34 35

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 13 5 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 2 30 30 0 6 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis (c) ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 4 1 3 2
7 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 2 0 3 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 4 0 2 0
26 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 4 0 0 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 4
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 1 2
36 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 4 2 0 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 3 3 17 13 4 5 1 2 0
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 6 0 2 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 20 2 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 2 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 3 0
3 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 2 3
2 Roberts, Neville ? ? 0 0 35 21 14 5 3 1 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 290 217 73 60 41 31 34

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