1978 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1978 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Geelong (16.13.109) defeated South Melbourne (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 May 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,603

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 16.13.109 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 7 . 8 12 . 12 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 3 9 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin GEEL by 8 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 6 0 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 1 0 1 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 3 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 2 22 13 9 5 0 2 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 4 14 11 3 7 0 2 2
27 Dowsett, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 2 3
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 2 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 7 18 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 1 25 21 4 5 0 2 5
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 7 0 5 6
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 3 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 6 0 4
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 1 0 6 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 3 0 2 3
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 0 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 13 293 203 90 69 26 41 49

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 8 0 2 1
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 0 23 17 6 1 0 1 0
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 5
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 5
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 0 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 1
27 James, Max ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 5 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 11 0 5 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
1 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 38 29 9 1 0 12 6
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 3 17 10 7 3 1 0 3
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 2 2 2 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 0
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 8 19 3 4
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 4 0
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 6 8 5 3
14 Young, David ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 5 1 1 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 5 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 313 233 80 77 31 49 41

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