1976 VFL Round 17: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1976 between Geelong and Collingwood during round 17 of the 1976 VFL season. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Kardinia Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Len Thompson captained the visitors with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Murray Weideman.

Geelong
D. Barkley, R. Blake, T. Bright, M. Browne, D. Clarke, B. Cousins, L. Donohue, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, G. Landy, D. Manson, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Newman, J. Preen, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett, K. Sheehan, M. Turner, M. Witcombe

Collingwood
L. Thompson (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, J. Board, S. Bond, I. Cooper, R. Dunne, K. Foley, B. Gonsalves, W. Gordon, R. Hyde, A. Ireland, C. Kimmorley, R. Kink, P. Manassa, P. Moore, C. Perry, B. Picken, R. Shaw, R. Wearmouth

Geelong (15.9.99) defeated Collingwood (11.27.93).

Goalkickers
Geelong: L. Donohue (6), G. Landy (3), P. Sarah (2), K. Sheehan (2), M. Browne, R. Neal
Collingwood: B. Gonsalves (2), P. Manassa (2), R. Wearmouth (2), S. Bond, R. Dunne, W. Gordon, A. Ireland, W. Richardson

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 4th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 24 July 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,724

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 15.9.99 - 11.27.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 10 . 6 11 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Collingwood 1 . 8 3 . 12 10 . 25 11 . 27 11 . 27 (93)
Margin GEEL by 9 GEEL by 36 COLL by 13 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rod Olsson (Geelong), Murray Weideman (Collingwood)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Len Thompson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Chapman, N. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 2 3
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 14 5 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 3
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 6 0 2 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 6 0 2 4
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 6 5 12 12 0 7 1 4 5
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 1 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 3 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 6
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 1 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 4 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 6 7 6
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 5 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 7 0 1 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 3 0 6 6
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 2 3
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 9 260 192 68 65 22 51 52

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 3 2
11 Board, Jim ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 2 3
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 2 0 3 2
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 3 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 2 23 22 1 13 0 2 3
35 Foley, Kerry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 1 3 2
37 Gonsalves, Bruce ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 5 0 2 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 3 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 4 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
39 Kimmorley, Col ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 3 18 13 5 4 0 2 3
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 2 3 24 20 4 7 0 2 4
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 3 11 8 3 2 4 2 4
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 5 2 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 3 3
18 Richardson, Wayne (avc) ? ? 1 1 13 13 0 3 0 2 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 6 0 2 3
2 Thompson, Len (ac) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 10 6 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 2 3 25 18 7 5 0 4 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 27 293 239 54 82 20 52 52

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