1978 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1978 between Geelong and Melbourne during round seven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Greg Wells captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Dennis Jones.

Geelong (18.18.126) were defeated by Melbourne (21.13.139).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,072

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 18.18.126 - 21.13.139

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 6 . 8 9 . 13 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Melbourne 8 . 7 13 . 9 17 . 12 21 . 13 21 . 13 (139)
Margin MELB by 35 MELB by 43 MELB by 47 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 6 1 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 3 16 16 0 4 0 4 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 4 0 1 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 4 1 21 15 6 6 0 4 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 1 25 24 1 4 0 1 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 3 0 1 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 4 1 0 3
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 7 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 3 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 4 3 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 2 0 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 7 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 0 0 3 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 4 15 11 4 5 5 2 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 0 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 2 0 5 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 18 281 210 71 58 23 45 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 10 7 0 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 6 0 0 0
44 Code, David ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 3 0 1 3
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 6 0 21 17 4 7 0 2 5
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 4 0 3 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 8 0 3 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 4 1
5 Hunnibell, Graham ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 4 7 0 3
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 2
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 6 1 0 4
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 2
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 7 0 0 4
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 9 2 2
40 Thorne, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 3 3 9 9 0 7 0 2 2
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 2 32 22 10 14 2 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 13 272 232 40 100 26 25 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