1976 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1976 between Essendon and Geelong during round eight of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Graham Moss captained the hosts with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Essendon (14.10.94) defeated Geelong (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 May 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,618

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 10 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Geelong 4 . 3 7 . 7 11 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 2 level ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Graham Moss
Vice-Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
B. Hedger
E: M. Taylor

Boundary Umpires

M. Williams

Umpire Replacements

M. Taylor replaced M. Williams.

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 3
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 6 0 3 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 3 0 3 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 5 0 2 0
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 4 4 1 5
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 2
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 3 0 6 5
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 3 0 1 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 8 4 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 3
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 5
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 4 1
32 Staehr, Howard ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 3 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 4 2 23 22 1 2 0 5 4
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 1
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 0 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 10 232 207 25 55 13 45 43

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Armour, David ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 2 7 5 2 4 0 1 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 4 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 5 0 1 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 3 0 1 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 1 0 2 1
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 4 8 8 0 5 3 2 2
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 1 3 4
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 5
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 4 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 8
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 5 0 3 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 2 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 1 0 3 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 2 21 8 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 0 22 21 1 4 0 4 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 5 0 4 4
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 1 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 12 261 202 59 52 30 42 45

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