1977 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1977 between Melbourne and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Melbourne (15.18.108) were defeated by Geelong (20.14.134).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 July 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,896

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 15.18.108 - 20.14.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 4 8 . 9 13 . 12 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Geelong 5 . 5 12 . 8 15 . 12 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Margin MELB by 5 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Alves, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 4 0 20 17 3 13 2 2 5
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 4 0 1 3
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 7 0 3 0
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 3 0 2 7
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 4 14 12 2 2 0 4 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 4 0 2 5
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 1 14 8 6 2 0 2 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 3 0 1 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 6 0 2 4
48 Marchant, Brett ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 2
10 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 9 2 1
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 0 0 2 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 2 24 17 7 2 3 3 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 2 27 24 3 8 0 3 0
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 18 293 206 87 71 14 40 45

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 1 0 2 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 7 0 2 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 3 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 2 17 17 0 2 1 7 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 3 11 2 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 2 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
34 Hovey, Wayne ? ? 4 0 23 20 3 6 0 7 3
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 3 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 1 4
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 3 12 7 5 1 0 0 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 3 28 3 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 3 0 2 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 1 18 17 1 5 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 3
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 4 2 20 17 3 4 0 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 20 14 273 228 45 50 41 45 40

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