1978 VFL Season Round 20: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1978 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

South Melbourne (24.11.155) were defeated by Geelong (26.11.167).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,259

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 24.11.155 - 26.11.167

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 8 . 2 14 . 3 19 . 6 24 . 11 24 . 11 (155)
Geelong 9 . 3 18 . 3 21 . 7 26 . 11 26 . 11 (167)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 2
43 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 3 0 1 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 2 30 23 7 8 0 2 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 8 2 13 12 1 8 1 2 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 0 20 10 10 1 0 3 1
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 0 0 2 7
27 James, Max ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 7 2 2 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 1 0 0 0
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 2 9 5 4 2 0 2 0
1 Murphy, John ? ? 3 3 23 18 5 6 0 1 2
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 3
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2
8 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 2
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 22 1 1
40 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0
14 Young, David ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 3 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 11 308 210 98 69 25 31 39

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 30 27 3 6 0 1 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 8 1 15 12 3 10 0 1 3
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 2
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 11 1 3
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 0 0 2 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 2
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 16 2 14 3 17 2 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 3 18 10 8 7 0 4 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 1 32 26 6 5 0 1 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 5 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 3 2
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 8 0 2 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 5 3 23 20 3 5 0 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 1 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 26 11 330 226 104 79 29 39 31

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