1977 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1977 between Essendon and Geelong during round nineteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Essendon (15.20.110) were defeated by Geelong (18.16.124).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 August 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,664

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 15.20.110 - 18.16.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 6 6 . 8 10 . 10 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Geelong 6 . 3 10 . 8 14 . 13 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Coach: Bill Stephen

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 4 2
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 3 11 7 4 5 1 0 2
31 Crow, Max ? ? 3 1 21 20 1 13 4 3 3
25 Early, Phillip ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 3 0
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 4 17 16 1 4 0 4 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 3 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 1 1 25 20 5 2 0 2 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 2 17 11 6 5 17 4 3
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 1
43 McDonald, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 2 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 4
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 4 1 3 0
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 9 0 0 0
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 0 3
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 7 1 4 5
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 0 21 17 4 2 1 1 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 15 20 299 229 70 79 29 43 32

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 2 20 11 9 7 0 1 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 1 2 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 1 12 12 0 6 3 3 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 1 2 1
34 Hovey, Wayne ? ? 3 2 15 12 3 3 0 0 4
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 0 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 4 1
27 McGillivray, Andy ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 5
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 1 5 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 2 0 2 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 4 10 4 1 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 22 3 4
37 Nish, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 3 0 0 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 0 0 2 0
32 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 3 0 18 15 3 4 0 1 3
Rushed 7
Total (20 players) 18 16 289 208 81 57 29 34 41

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