1978 VFL Season Round 5: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1978 between St Kilda and Geelong during round five of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Gary Colling captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Patterson and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

St Kilda (14.14.98) defeated Geelong (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Tuesday 25 April 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 43,388

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Geelong
Score: 14.14.98 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 4 7 . 5 14 . 14 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Geelong 5 . 3 6 . 10 6 . 10 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin GEEL by 11 STKL by 1 STKL by 52 STKL by 33 STKL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 ? 23 20 3 6 ? ? ?
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 ? 16 13 3 0 ? ? ?
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 ? 18 5 13 4 ? ? ?
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 ? 7 5 2 3 ? ? ?
17 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 ? 10 5 5 1 ? ? ?
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 0 ? 16 8 8 2 ? ? ?
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 ? 9 4 5 2 ? ? ?
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 ? 8 5 3 0 ? ? ?
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 3 ? 24 19 5 3 ? ? ?
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 ? 11 11 0 0 ? ? ?
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 1 ? 24 12 12 1 ? ? ?
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 ? 28 20 8 3 ? ? ?
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 ? 19 18 1 11 ? ? ?
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 ? 10 9 1 0 ? ? ?
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 ? 25 24 1 5 ? ? ?
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 ? 20 15 5 6 ? ? ?
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 ? 7 7 0 0 ? ? ?
45 Thomas, Grant ? ? 0 ? 1 1 0 0 ? ? ?
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 1 ? 18 18 0 3 ? ? ?
27 Young, George ? ? 5 ? 16 12 4 7 ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 14 310 231 79 57 0+ 0+ 0+

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 ? 10 7 3 2 ? ? ?
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 ? 15 7 8 2 ? ? ?
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 1 ? 17 11 6 0 ? ? ?
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 ? 10 9 1 1 ? ? ?
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 ? 12 10 2 7 ? ? ?
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 ? 2 1 1 0 ? ? ?
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 ? 12 8 4 2 ? ? ?
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 ? 21 19 2 2 ? ? ?
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 ? 6 2 4 4 ? ? ?
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 ? 16 6 10 0 ? ? ?
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 ? 10 9 1 3 ? ? ?
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 ? 13 9 4 6 ? ? ?
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 ? 31 26 5 3 ? ? ?
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 ? 25 12 13 1 ? ? ?
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 ? 19 13 6 2 ? ? ?
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 ? 9 8 1 1 ? ? ?
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 ? 15 13 2 3 ? ? ?
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 ? 16 11 5 1 ? ? ?
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 ? 12 9 3 5 ? ? ?
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 ? 10 6 4 2 ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 9 11 281 196 85 47 0+ 0+ 0+

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