1977 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1977 between Geelong and Essendon during round eight of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bruce Nankervis captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (13.16.94) defeated Essendon (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 May 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,674

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 13.16.94 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 6 10 . 9 11 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin GEEL by 33 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bruce Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 8 1 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 7 0 2 4
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 5 0 2 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 3 20 18 2 4 0 3 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 2 15 11 4 4 0 3 4
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 4 4
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 3 0 16 10 6 7 0 3 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce (c) ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 7 0 3 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 16 5 5
29 Ruscuklic, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 5 25 23 2 6 0 3 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 2 0 0 5
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 2 2 4
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 16 285 212 73 68 26 36 55

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 3 0 5 2
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 4 1
31 Crow, Max ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 7 2 1 1
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 3 0 5 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 2 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 1 0 4 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 8 19 6 2
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 1
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 5 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 4 0 2 3
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 4 1 3 2
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 3 2 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 2 9 5 4 3 2 0 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 3 33 27 6 5 0 4 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 3 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 9 306 232 74 70 27 55 34

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