1976 VFL Round 3: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1976 between St Kilda and Geelong during round 3 of the 1976 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Moorabbin Oval. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

St Kilda
T. Barker, N. Besanko, J. Bonney, B. Breen, P. Callery, C. Carter, G. Colling, G. Elliott, R. Elliott, M. Greene, R. Hunt, B. Lawrence, G. Lofts, B. Mildenhall, R. Muir, K. Neale, J. Sarau, D. Shepherd, P. Stevens, G. Young

Geelong
B. Nankervis (capt.), D. Barkley, T. Bright, M. Browne, D. Clarke, B. Cousins, H. Davis, L. Donohue, P. Doyle, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, D. Manson, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Newman, J. Preen, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett, K. Sheehan, M. Turner

St Kilda (16.10.106) defeated Geelong (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: K. Neale (5), G. Young (4), G. Elliott (2), B. Breen, C. Carter, R. Elliott, G. Lofts, J. Sarau
Geelong: K. Sheehan (4), L. Donohue (3), D. Barkley (2), M. Browne, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Monday 19 April 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 26,931

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Geelong
Score: 16.10.106 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 1 6 . 1 13 . 8 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Geelong 3 . 3 7 . 7 9 . 8 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin GEEL by 2 GEEL by 12 STKL by 24 STKL by 20 STKL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Rod Olsson (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Bruce Nankervis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Henry, H. Lyons

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 ? ?
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 ? ?
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 ? ?
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 9 0 ? ?
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 5 0 ? ?
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 3 0 ? ?
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 ? ?
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 2 0 35 31 4 6 0 ? ?
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 ? ?
6 Greene, Mark ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ? ?
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 4 0 ? ?
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 ? ?
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 ? ?
39 Mildenhall, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 ? ?
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 ? ?
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 5 0 12 10 2 5 0 ? ?
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 2 30 16 14 13 21 ? ?
48 Shepherd, David ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 ? ?
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
27 Young, George ? ? 4 2 14 13 1 9 0 ? ?
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 10 297 243 54 73 21 0+ 0+

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 5 ? ? ?
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 ? ? ?
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 3 ? ? ?
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 4 ? ? ?
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? ? ?
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 ? ? ?
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 5 9 9 0 7 ? ? ?
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 ? ? ?
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 ? ? ?
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 ? ? ?
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 ? ? ?
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 4 ? ? ?
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 ? ? ?
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 ? ? ?
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 ? ? ?
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 ? ? ?
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 1 ? ? ?
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 2 ? ? ?
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 4 3 14 12 2 2 ? ? ?
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 0 ? ? ?
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 252 206 46 53 0+ 0+ 0+

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