1978 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1978 between Essendon and Geelong during round eight of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Ron Andrews as vice-captain. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Essendon (11.10.76) defeated Geelong (7.18.60).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,307

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 11.10.76 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 7 . 2 9 . 4 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Geelong 3 . 5 4 . 10 6 . 17 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Margin GEEL by 5 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews
Coach: Barry Davis

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 2
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 1 1
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 1
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 0 4 4
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 5 1 5 7
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 3 0 4 5
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 35 29 6 7 0 2 4
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 5 0 5 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 4
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 2 11 5 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 3 11 0 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 9 0 1 2
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 3 0
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 0
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 5 0 1 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 3 1 4 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 10 303 236 67 76 24 47 45

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 3 0 3 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 2 18 17 1 2 0 2 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 5 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 2 0 5 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 2 0 2 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 2 11 10 1 6 0 1 2
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 4 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 3
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 3 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 3 3
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 0 16 6 10 6 20 3 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 3 29 24 5 10 0 3 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 5 1 4 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 26 18 8 3 0 4 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 5
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 18 295 220 75 67 25 45 48

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