1978 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1978 between Richmond and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Kevin Sheedy captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Richardson and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Richmond (17.20.122) defeated Geelong (18.9.117).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,407

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 17.20.122 - 18.9.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 11 . 15 16 . 15 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Geelong 5 . 3 11 . 4 15 . 8 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Margin GEEL by 10 RICH by 11 RICH by 13 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Sheedy
Coach: Barry Richardson

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 2 7 6 1 1 1 1 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 2 28 23 5 7 0 2 4
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 6 1 20 14 6 12 5 2 6
18 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 0 0 1
3 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 1
37 Jenkinson, Noel ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 7 0
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 3
25 Laughlin, Peter ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 5 0 0 4
41 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 2 20 3 3
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
42 McMillan, Geoff ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 3 0 2 3
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 2 0 4 4
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 27 21 6 5 0 5 2
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 4 1 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 5 1
19 Strachan, Greg ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 7 0 1 1
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 4 1
43 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 1 0 3 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 20 325 233 92 73 27 47 43

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 7 1 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 2 22 18 4 7 1 2 5
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 1 7 7 0 5 0 1 6
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 3 11 5 1 1 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 5 1
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 6 0 0 6
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 3 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 4 11 1 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 2 0 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 6 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 6 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 6 0 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 9 10 5 6
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 5 0 1 3
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 1 0 6 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 28 21 7 6 0 5 4
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 9 339 227 112 95 24 43 47

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