1978 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1978 between Footscray and Geelong during round three of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Gary Dempsey captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Footscray (10.16.76) were defeated by Geelong (21.14.140).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 15 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,949

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 10.16.76 - 21.14.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 6 . 13 8 . 14 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Geelong 6 . 1 8 . 3 15 . 9 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 64 GEEL by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
P. Cameron

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 0 0 1
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 13 28 1 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 1 4 19 15 4 3 0 3 1
27 Gieschen, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 1
45 Henwood, Don ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 3
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 0
44 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 1 1 2
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 4 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 5 1 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 2
50 Scanlan, Glenn ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 3 1
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 1 0 3 6
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 5 12 12 0 4 0 5 4
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 4 5
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 7 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 16 267 205 62 58 34 45 40

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 2 12 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 2 1 2
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 5 0 3 5
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 3 0 3 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 7 2 10 8 2 6 2 1 2
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 1 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 7 0 0 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 4 0 1 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 5 5
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 2
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 3 12 0 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 1 25 22 3 8 0 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 4 0 4 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 26 17 9 2 0 3 1
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 4 28 28 0 6 0 6 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 2 22 19 3 6 0 1 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 14 315 236 79 81 29 40 45

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