1978 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1978 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round eleven of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Harvey Merrigan captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Fitzroy (16.15.111) were defeated by Geelong (16.18.114).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 10,303

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 16.15.111 - 16.18.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 6 . 8 12 . 10 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Geelong 3 . 9 10 . 13 14 . 16 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Harvey Merrigan
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Graham Campbell

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. Fellows

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 13 2 0
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 2 1 6 4 2 3 3 0 3
2 Brown, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 6 0
18 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 3 13 12 1 2 0 2 2
28 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 5 0
38 Fowler, Grant ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 2 0 2 1
3 Frazer, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 1 1 0
17 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 7 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 5 0 3 0
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 4 0
30 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 2 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 5 0 0 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey (c) ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 3 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 4
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 0 18 16 2 6 3 2 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 0
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 5 0 1 5
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 4 3 21 20 1 5 0 5 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 15 273 217 56 62 20 50 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 4 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 6 0 2 3
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 1 4
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 9 0 3 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 4 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 8 0 0 5
27 Dowsett, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 6 1 1 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 8 0 0 4
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 7 14 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 32 22 10 4 0 3 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 5 0 5 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 15 7 8 1 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 13 6 7 4 11 0 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 2 0 1 5
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 3 1 15 11 4 1 0 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 3 0 0 4
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 18 340 236 104 84 26 28 50

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