1978 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1978 between Geelong and Collingwood during round one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Len Thompson captained the visitors with Phil Carman as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (11.10.76) were defeated by Collingwood (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 1 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 27,463

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.10.76 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 7 . 7 9 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Collingwood 3 . 4 7 . 9 12 . 13 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin GEEL by 11 COLL by 2 COLL by 21 COLL by 42 COLL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Phil Carman
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 17 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 4
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 1 1 0
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 4 23 18 5 5 0 4 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 3 10 9 1 4 3 4 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 1 2 4
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 5 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 2 0
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 8 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 0 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 3 0 1 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 1 0 1 0
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 3 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 10 261 204 57 57 22 47 34

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 4 0 0 0
43 Barham, Ricky ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 1
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Carman, Phil (vc) ? ? 2 1 22 13 9 8 0 2 5
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 1 4 4
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 0
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 5 1 16 14 2 5 0 4 2
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 4 9 6 3 3 0 0 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 3 0 3 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 2 3
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 4 0 1 4
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 4 2 19 17 2 1 0 4 3
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 1 0 6
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 17 4 13 4 10 2 5
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 2 0 3 6
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 16 303 221 82 68 12 34 47

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