1978 VFL Season Round 12: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1978 between Collingwood and Geelong during round twelve of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Len Thompson captained the hosts with, in the absence of Phil Carman, deputy vice-captain Ronnie Wearmouth as vice-captain. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Collingwood (7.14.56) were defeated by Geelong (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 24 June 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 31,636

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Geelong
Score: 7.14.56 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 6 . 3 7 . 11 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Geelong 1 . 7 6 . 11 10 . 15 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin COLL by 2 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Len Thompson
Vice-Captain: Ronnie Wearmouth (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 1 2
11 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 4 1 1 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 1 0 2
24 Ireland, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 2
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 1 2 1
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 0 0 4 0
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 1 3 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 4 10 9 1 7 2 3 3
14 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 5 1 0 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
49 Philippe, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 2
12 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 0
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 1 0 0 2
44 Shaw, Derek ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 7 2 2 1
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 0 26 18 8 3 0 2 2
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 0
1 Thompson, Len (c) ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 2 9 2 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie (avc) ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 1 2 2
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 14 245 183 62 46 20 31 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 0 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 1 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 0 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 30 17 13 9 0 2 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 4 15 13 2 10 0 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 8 0 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 2 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 2 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 0 0 0 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 0 19 7 12 6 14 3 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 32 26 6 8 0 0 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 31 25 6 5 0 5 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 4 0 2 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 4 8 2 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 3 0 1 5
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 1 16 14 2 8 0 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 7 0 3 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 18 325 237 88 99 22 27 31

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