1976 VFL Season Round 19: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1976 between Geelong and Essendon during round nineteen of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Graham Moss captained the visitors with Ken Fletcher as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (18.8.116) were defeated by Essendon (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,762

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 18.8.116 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 11 . 4 14 . 4 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Essendon 4 . 4 7 . 7 13 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin ESSE by 7 GEEL by 21 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Armour, David ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 1 1 6
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 16 2 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 0 0 3 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 2 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 2 0 6 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 1 8 8 0 6 0 2 2
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 2 3 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 7 0 3 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 1 3
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 2 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 8 4 1
37 Nish, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Preen, John ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 3 15 14 1 4 0 0 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 5 0 5 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 8 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 8 287 216 71 75 27 41 33

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 0
7 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 1 1 2
42 Cahill, Terry ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 3
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 3 14 12 2 8 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 1 25 23 2 6 0 3 7
21 Fletcher, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 6
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 5 0 1 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 15 6 9 5 11 1 0
25 Moss, Graham (c) ? ? 2 3 32 13 19 15 12 2 4
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 2 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 2 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 9 0 2 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 3 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 3 0 2 0
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 4 1 25 23 2 5 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 14 311 239 72 95 24 33 41

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