1978 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1978 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round six of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Keith Greig captained the visitors with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Wayne Schimmelbusch as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (12.16.88) were defeated by North Melbourne (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,074

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 12.16.88 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 7 5 . 9 8 . 12 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
North Melbourne 0 . 0 6 . 9 12 . 11 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin GEEL by 31 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 23 NMLB by 22 NMLB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

North Melbourne

Captain: Keith Greig
Vice-Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 5 12 0 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 5 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 1 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 4 0 1 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 0 0 6 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 2 9 8 1 6 1 1 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 6 0 3 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 5 0 2 4
32 Koehler, Russell ? ? 1 1 6 2 4 2 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 0 2
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 6 6 2 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 3 24 23 1 3 0 2 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 6 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 2 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 3 14 8 6 2 1 2 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 1 0 3 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 2 19 18 1 4 0 3 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 16 299 223 76 64 21 44 37

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 5 4 12 11 1 10 0 1 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 3 1 4 5
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 3
45 Burnett, Brendan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 3 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 2 6
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 0 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 5 1
27 Greig, Keith (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 4
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 2
10 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 3 1 8 8 0 1 0 1 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 10 0 1 5
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 9 15 1 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 3 2 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 0 2 27 17 10 5 0 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 1 0 0 0
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 2 0 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 15 3 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (avc) ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 5 0 4 2
39 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 14 297 217 80 73 34 37 44

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