1978 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1978 between Geelong and St Kilda during round sixteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Gary Colling captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Geelong (16.8.104) defeated St Kilda (12.20.92).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 22 July 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,219

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 16.8.104 - 12.20.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 1 9 . 5 11 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
St Kilda 3 . 4 5 . 10 9 . 17 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

St Kilda

Captain: Gary Colling
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 9 0 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 3 0 24 13 11 7 0 2 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 2 31 20 11 7 0 2 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 0 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 6 1 9 7 2 5 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 5 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 4
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 5 9 1 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 37 26 11 7 0 0 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 5 0 5 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 33 23 10 7 0 0 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 6 7 1 6
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 6 0 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 4 0 3 6
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 2 28 23 5 9 0 4 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 1 0 4 3
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 4 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 8 358 226 132 95 30 34 37

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 2 0 5 5
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 7 0 3 2
38 Booth, Doug ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 1
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 5 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 3 15 14 1 1 0 0 2
12 Colling, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 2 2 2 1
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 8 1 2
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 0 2
8 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 6 2
24 Gellie, Graeme ? ? 1 0 28 14 14 6 0 1 2
16 Lofts, Gary ? ? 3 6 16 13 3 4 0 1 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 4 1
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 2 0 5 2
9 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 1
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 8 17 1 1
49 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 4 0 0 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 1 1 23 15 8 8 2 2 2
13 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 1
27 Young, George ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 4 0 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 20 312 225 87 77 29 37 34

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