1976 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1976 between Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty-one of the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Melbourne (22.18.150) defeated Geelong (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 21 August 1976
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,130

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 22.18.150 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 8 . 4 14 . 8 20 . 11 22 . 18 22 . 18 (150)
Geelong 1 . 0 8 . 2 12 . 6 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin MELB by 46 MELB by 42 MELB by 53 MELB by 45 MELB by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 4 4 18 11 7 7 0 0 4
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 1
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 11 0 1 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 2 0 3 3
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 29 22 7 6 1 3 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 4 1 25 13 12 9 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 1 0 32 26 6 5 0 8 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 5 0 1 1
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 1
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 3 1 11 6 5 6 16 1 2
38 O'Keefe, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 4 2 15 14 1 10 3 3 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 3 0 2 0
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 5 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 18 310 231 79 83 25 33 38

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 1 10 2 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 6 0 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 26 22 4 5 0 4 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 2
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 3 0 2 0
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 3 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 0
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 3
20 Lewtas, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 3 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 1 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 6 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 2 0 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 4 19 3 8
38 Preen, John ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 0 0 2 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 6 0 4 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 9 274 197 77 57 30 38 33

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