1977 VFL Round 8: Geelong v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1977 between Geelong and Essendon during round 8 of the 1977 VFL season.
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
B. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, T. Bright, M. Browne, R. Card, D. Clarke, B. Cousins, H. Davis, L. Donohue, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, G. Malarkey, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Newman, P. Ruscuklic, P. Sarah, M. Turner, A. Woodman, M. Woolnough
Essendon
K. Fletcher (capt.), R. Andrews (vice-capt.), G. Bell, C. Boyd, R. Close, M. Crow, G. Foulds, D. Hartigan, S. Heard, S. Madden, R. Muir, W. Primmer, K. Roberts, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, B. Walsh, T. Watson, A. Wilson
Geelong (13.16.94) defeated Essendon (13.9.87).
Goalkickers
Geelong: L. Donohue (4), K. Higgins (3), T. Bright (2), P. Sarah (2), B. Cousins, M. Turner
Essendon: M. Crow (4), D. Scanlon (2), B. Walsh (2), S. Heard, S. Madden, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson, A. Wilson
As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Essendon remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
Rod Olsson
(Geelong),
Bill Stephen
(Essendon)
Captains:
Bruce Nankervis
(Geelong),
Ken Fletcher
(Essendon)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Geelong),
Ron Andrews
(Essendon)
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 | |||