1978 VFL Round 4: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1978 between Geelong and Richmond during round 4 of the 1978 VFL season. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Kevin Sheedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Barry Richardson.

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, T. Bright, R. Card, J. Cassidy, D. Clarke, L. Donohue, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, P. Jeffreys, G. Landy, G. Malarkey, D. Manson, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, P. Sarah, M. Turner, M. Witcombe, A. Woodman, M. Woolnough

Richmond
K. Sheedy (capt.), N. Balme, K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, G. Dickson, A. Edwards, J. Einsiedel, D. Freame, B. Heard, N. Jenkinson, J. Jess, M. Keane, R. Lamb, P. Laughlin, M. Malthouse, B. Monteath, G. Raines, G. Strachan, B. Tempany, B. Wood

Geelong (18.17.125) defeated Richmond (15.8.98).

Goalkickers
Geelong: L. Donohue (8), M. Witcombe (4), D. Clarke (3), P. Jeffreys (2), B. Nankervis
Richmond: B. Monteath (7), K. Bartlett (2), A. Edwards, J. Einsiedel, J. Jess, R. Lamb, P. Laughlin, B. Wood

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Richmond were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,566

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 18.17.125 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 5 . 11 12 . 14 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Richmond 2 . 1 7 . 5 9 . 6 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Margin GEEL by 10 RICH by 6 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rod Olsson (Geelong), Barry Richardson (Richmond)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Kevin Sheedy (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Quinn, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 14 2 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 4 0 1 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 3 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 0 1 2 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 4 22 19 3 5 0 2 4
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 8 1 9 8 1 7 3 2 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 2 10 4 0 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 2 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 2 3 17 14 3 9 0 1 3
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 6
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 12 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 4 0 3 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 1 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 4 0 2 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 4 2 18 13 5 1 0 1 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 17 298 209 89 70 30 32 37

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 7 21 2 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 0 30 25 5 2 0 0 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 2
9 Dickson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0
17 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
1 Einsiedel, John ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 1
44 Freame, Daryl ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 0 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 3 3 2
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 3 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 3
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 1 3 10 10 0 2 0 4 1
7 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 4 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 7 0 22 18 4 3 0 1 2
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 6 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 8 250 198 52 45 24 37 32

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