1978 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1978 between Geelong and Richmond during round four of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (18.17.125) defeated Richmond (15.8.98).

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

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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