1976 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1976 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round twelve of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Geelong (23.17.155) defeated South Melbourne (6.15.51).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 June 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,731

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 23.17.155 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 12 . 5 17 . 9 23 . 17 23 . 17 (155)
South Melbourne 2 . 5 2 . 9 6 . 14 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin GEEL by 9 GEEL by 56 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 104 GEEL by 104
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 2 8 5 3 3 0 0 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 8 9 1 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 1 4
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 2
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 9 6 22 19 3 16 3 3 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 5 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 5 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 3 0 2 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 6 0 6 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 3 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 32 25 7 7 0 2 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 8 10 4 3
38 Preen, John ? ? 1 2 14 8 6 4 0 2 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 3 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 2 0 5 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 0 29 18 11 12 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 11 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 17 354 255 99 102 22 47 31

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 2
24 Blair, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 4 0 0 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 2 4 18 16 2 10 0 2 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 4 0 0 4
28 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 16 4 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 2 24 21 3 4 0 1 2
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 4 0 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 3 1 2
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 4
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 5 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 2 2 3
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 8 0 0 3
22 Russ, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 2 3 3
9 Thomson, Ian ? ? 1 2 15 11 4 5 0 2 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 2 21 19 2 3 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 6 15 304 252 52 70 27 31 47

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