1978 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1978 between Geelong and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Geelong (12.12.84) defeated Footscray (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,150

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 12.12.84 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 4 . 8 8 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Footscray 2 . 3 7 . 8 8 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin level FOOT by 18 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Don McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 9 1 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 6 0 3 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 5 0 0 4
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 1 0 0 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 7 0 1 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 3 10 7 3 7 0 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 3 1 3 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 4 0 0 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 0 2
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 5 14 2 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 4 0 2 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 9 0 2 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 4 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 0 0 4 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 6 2 4 4
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 5 0 4 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 3 0 3 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 2 24 14 10 7 0 5 0
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 12 357 221 136 84 26 43 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 2 3
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 2
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 14 15 1 3
34 Dinatale, Jack ? ? 1 1 15 3 12 1 0 4 4
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 5 0 2 1
49 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 3 12 7 5 5 7 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 3 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 0
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 1 32 23 9 7 0 1 4
11 Kelly, Mick ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 1 0 1 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 1 29 23 6 7 0 5 2
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 4
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 9 0 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 1 3 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 0 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 5 12 1 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 0 6 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 12 317 219 98 70 32 38 43

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