1978 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1978 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dennis Jones and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Melbourne (13.17.95) were defeated by Geelong (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,364

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 13.17.95 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 6 . 10 11 . 14 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Geelong 5 . 4 7 . 12 10 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 8 MELB by 6 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Dennis Jones

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Fellows
G. James

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 17 24 6 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 3 4 15 12 3 8 3 1 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 3 0 5 2
36 Cooke, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 2
7 Denny, Barry ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 4 0 2 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 2 2 20 13 7 11 0 2 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 4
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 2 0 3 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 1
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 3
8 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
26 McKeon, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 2 2
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0
10 Roberts, Ken ? ? 3 2 11 8 3 2 0 4 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 8 2 2 0
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 8 0 2 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 8 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 17 293 224 69 93 29 43 37

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 32 24 8 5 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 3 14 8 6 2 2 2 2
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 7 0 1 1
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 4 15 2 2
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 9 0 4 4
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 0 2
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 26 24 2 8 0 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 4 0 2 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 6 3 16 12 4 9 0 2 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 22 9 13 7 2 4 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 4 21 20 1 4 0 2 7
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 9 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 17 321 223 98 80 19 37 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