1977 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1977 between Geelong and Collingwood during round sixteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Max Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (16.6.102) defeated Collingwood (12.25.97).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 16 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 26,029

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 16.6.102 - 12.25.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 0 7 . 4 12 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Collingwood 5 . 7 7 . 12 10 . 18 12 . 25 12 . 25 (97)
Margin COLL by 25 COLL by 8 COLL by 1 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 19 10 9 5 0 5 4
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 2 0 27 20 7 5 0 3 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 2 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 2 36 30 6 4 1 4 4
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 2 19 8 11 4 13 5 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 1 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 3 2
34 Hovey, Wayne ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 1 0 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 4 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 1 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 4 8 4 3
37 Nish, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 5 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 4 0 18 13 5 1 0 4 2
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 1 1 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 6 288 201 87 46 25 44 34

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 7 14 13 1 3 0 2 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 4
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 2 0 4 3
9 Carman, Phil ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 7 1 0 4
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 3 3 3 4
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 3 2 0 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 9 0 3 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 6 4 15 13 2 8 4 2 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 7 0 4 3
1 Richardson, Max (c) ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 1 0 4 2
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 4 28 22 6 3 0 2 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 22 3 10
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 1 0 2 1
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
19 Wise, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 25 274 197 77 67 32 34 44

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