1978 VFL Season Round 19: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1978 between Geelong and Essendon during round nineteen of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Ken Fletcher captained the visitors with, in the absence of Ron Andrews, deputy vice-captain Simon Madden as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Geelong (14.8.92) defeated Essendon (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,407

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 14.8.92 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 5 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 3 11 . 7 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 1 ESSE by 2 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 1 18 13 5 8 0 4 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 28 19 9 3 1 3 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 7 2 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 2 2
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 9 0 1
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 3 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 3
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 1 0 3 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 0 32 29 3 6 0 6 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 3 0 3 3
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 0 4
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 5 2 3 2 0 0 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 8 7 3 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 3 4
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 0 0 5 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 10 0 2 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 8 303 228 75 68 24 47 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 3 2
7 Burdett, Geoff ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 3
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 1 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 6
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 5 0 4 5
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 4 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 1
14 Jones, Bernie ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 10 0 0
27 Madden, Simon (avc) ? ? 5 1 19 12 7 11 16 1 2
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 3 2
8 Mihocek, Jack ? ? 0 3 7 7 0 0 0 2 6
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 3 1 18 15 3 3 0 4 3
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 3 0 6 0
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 9 0 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 9 2 2 2
1 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 1
22 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 8
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 7 280 202 78 74 29 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