1977 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1977 between Geelong and Melbourne during round six of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Geelong (21.17.143) defeated Melbourne (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,219

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 21.17.143 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 3 11 . 6 13 . 12 21 . 17 21 . 17 (143)
Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 9 9 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 50 GEEL by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 2 11 2 4
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 5 20 15 5 5 0 2 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 1 5
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 0 2 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 8 3 18 16 2 13 0 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 5 3 0 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 6 0 1 4
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 5 9 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 0 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 5 5
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 7 9 6 2
29 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 7 1 32 28 4 7 0 6 3
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 5 0 5 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 3
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 5 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 17 305 228 77 86 33 39 46

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 2 0
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 6 5 2 5
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 2 0 3 7
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 5 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 6 0 0 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 2 17 13 4 1 0 1 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 3 1 7 0
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 8 1
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 0 0 2 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 2
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 6 0 2 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 1
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 15 5 2
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 1
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 2 0 1 1
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 3 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 15 266 204 62 53 21 46 39

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