1977 VFL Season Round 2: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1977 between St Kilda and Geelong during round two of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Moorabbin Oval. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Smith and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

St Kilda (11.17.83) were defeated by Geelong (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Monday 11 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 20,338

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 11.17.83 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 11 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Geelong 6 . 3 10 . 4 13 . 9 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 36 GEEL by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Smith

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Levens
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Baker, Ian ? ? 0 ? 11 9 2 0 0 ? ?
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 ? 16 16 0 2 0 ? ?
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 ? 16 13 3 5 0 ? ?
26 Carter, Colin ? ? 0 ? 17 13 4 5 0 ? ?
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
15 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 ? 10 5 5 0 0 ? ?
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 ? 24 20 4 5 0 ? ?
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 ? 25 21 4 7 0 ? ?
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 ? 12 11 1 0 0 ? ?
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 ? 19 14 5 3 0 ? ?
7 Hughes, Rod ? ? 0 ? 17 15 2 3 0 ? ?
2 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 ? 12 12 0 5 0 ? ?
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 ? 9 8 1 2 0 ? ?
32 Muir, Robert ? ? 1 ? 7 5 2 2 0 ? ?
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 ? 11 9 2 3 10 ? ?
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 ? 14 11 3 6 0 ? ?
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 ? 13 9 4 6 0 ? ?
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 ? 26 17 9 6 0 ? ?
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 ? 20 18 2 2 0 ? ?
27 Young, George ? ? 3 ? 9 8 1 1 0 ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 17 288 234 54 63 10 0+ 0+

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 ? 3 2 1 1 0 ? ?
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 ? 7 5 2 2 0 ? ?
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 ? 31 25 6 3 0 ? ?
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 ? 22 19 3 4 0 ? ?
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 ? 15 15 0 12 0 ? ?
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 ? 18 10 8 7 0 ? ?
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 ? 16 14 2 7 0 ? ?
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 ? 11 8 3 1 0 ? ?
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 ? 10 6 4 4 19 ? ?
27 McGillivray, Andy ? ? 0 ? 9 8 1 5 0 ? ?
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 ? 26 22 4 4 0 ? ?
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 ? 15 10 5 2 0 ? ?
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 ? 22 18 4 2 0 ? ?
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 ? 15 8 7 6 0 ? ?
38 Preen, John ? ? 2 ? 17 12 5 9 0 ? ?
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 3 ? 22 18 4 7 0 ? ?
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 ? 29 25 4 6 0 ? ?
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 ? 12 7 5 2 0 ? ?
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 ? 10 7 3 5 0 ? ?
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 ? 15 10 5 2 0 ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 17 325 249 76 91 19 0+ 0+

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