1976 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 June 1976 between Geelong and Melbourne during round ten of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Gary Hardeman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Geelong (19.8.122) defeated Melbourne (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 June 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 27,469

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 19.8.122 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 0 8 . 2 13 . 3 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 6 9 . 11 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Melbourne

Captain: Gary Hardeman
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 6 0 1 4
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 0 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 5 5
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 1 0 4 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 8 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 1 2 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 4 3
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 14 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 2 1 27 20 7 6 0 5 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 3
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 0 6 2 1
38 Preen, John ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 4 2 25 24 1 3 0 5 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 4 0 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 6 1 1 5
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 8 312 234 78 66 24 42 40

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 6 5 1 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 6 3 15 13 2 6 0 2 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 23 10 13 6 0 2 3
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 2 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 3 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 4
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 8 5
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 1 3 15 13 2 5 0 1 2
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 4
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 0
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 4 1 2
7 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 3 19 14 5 8 0 0 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 5 1
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 2 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 2
46 Walley, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 4 29 22 7 3 1 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 15 294 207 87 65 10 40 42

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