1977 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1977 between Geelong and Carlton during round one of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Robert Walls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Ian Thorogood.

Geelong (6.9.45) were defeated by Carlton (17.21.123).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 2 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 25,317

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 6.9.45 - 17.21.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 3 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Carlton 3 . 7 4 . 13 10 . 16 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Margin CARL by 12 CARL by 17 CARL by 42 CARL by 78 CARL by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: Ian Thorogood

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 13 4 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 1 10 5 5 2 0 0 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 0 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 2 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 4 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 0 3 5 5 0 3 1 1 4
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 1 2 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 3 4
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 10 0 6 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 9 3 3
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 3 0 2 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 9 247 197 50 59 24 37 39

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 3 2 24 18 6 6 0 2 4
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 5 1
16 Buckley, Jim ? ? 0 4 13 12 1 2 0 1 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 1 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 2 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 2 6 14 12 2 7 6 3 1
31 Halloran, Danny ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
18 Heath, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 10 0 4 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 4 27 4 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 5 0 2 1
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 4 1 19 18 1 10 0 1 3
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1
24 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 3 0 1 4
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 0 2
4 Southcombe, Tony ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 2 7 0 1
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 6 0 4 4
22 Tresize, John ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 1
42 Walls, Robert (c) ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 5 0 5 5
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 21 294 228 66 83 40 39 37

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