1977 VFL Season Round 5: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1977 between Collingwood and Geelong during round five of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Max Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Bruce Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Collingwood (18.16.124) defeated Geelong (15.19.109).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 April 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 24,281

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 18.16.124 - 15.19.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 14 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Geelong 4 . 4 8 . 8 10 . 14 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Margin COLL by 8 COLL by 12 COLL by 18 COLL by 15 COLL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Max Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry
H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 3 1 19 16 3 6 0 2 3
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 3
15 Bond, Shane ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 2 0 3 2
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 3 0 2 1
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 5
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 2 19 17 2 7 0 3 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 1 21 9 12 6 2 0 7
17 Grose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 3
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 4 1 16 12 4 5 0 3 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 2 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 0 7 4 3 2 3 1 0
7 Perry, Chris ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 0 0
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 1 1 5
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 2 23 21 2 3 1 1 1
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 13 4 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 1 0 0 2
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 1 1
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 16 267 195 72 67 20 32 45

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 3 4 4 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 4 19 15 4 5 0 4 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 4 2
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 3 11 8 3 5 0 3 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 7 0 2 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 4 0 4 4
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 3 6 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 0 0 5 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 3 7 5 1
38 Preen, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 4 0 2 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 3 18 17 1 3 0 5 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 3 0 0 2
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 2 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 19 262 209 53 60 19 45 32

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