1978 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1978 between Geelong and Hawthorn during round twenty-one of the 1978 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Don Scott captained the visitors with Leigh Matthews as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Geelong (13.8.86) were defeated by Hawthorn (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 August 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,663

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Hawthorn
Score: 13.8.86 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 2 10 . 7 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Hawthorn 2 . 1 7 . 6 8 . 6 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 13 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Hawthorn

Captain: Don Scott
Vice-Captain: Leigh Matthews
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 4 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 30 25 5 5 0 4 0
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 1 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 2 8 6 2 5 0 1 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 1
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 12 2 2
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 13 2 3 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 4 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 7 0 2 1
6 Manson, David ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 6 13 2 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 7 0 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 10 0 6 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 2 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 5 3 5 5
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 2 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 5 0 25 21 4 5 0 1 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 6 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 8 339 241 98 98 30 45 34

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 0 1 24 22 2 2 0 0 2
27 De Wolde, Alle BPL ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 0
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
1 Goss, Norm FPR ? 4 0 22 18 4 4 0 2 5
25 Hendrie, John FF ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 2
30 King, Tony HFFR ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 0
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 24 18 6 10 1 1 3
14 Martello, Alan CHF ? 0 1 19 14 5 3 2 3 4
3 Matthews, Leigh (vc) RO ? 1 2 22 18 4 4 0 3 6
20 McCarthy, Michael INT ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 3 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 1
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 1 1
43 Murnane, Peter INT ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
8 O'Halloran, David HBFL ? 0 0 21 10 11 6 0 4 1
42 Paton, Ian BPR ? 2 1 8 5 3 2 2 4 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFR ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 2 2
4 Russo, Peter HFFL ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 0 5
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 1 1 14 8 6 7 17 1 4
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 0 1 27 19 8 3 1 3 2
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 0 1 19 8 11 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 10 309 220 89 73 23 34 45

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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 A. De Wolde 15 K. Moore 42 I. Paton













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



8 D. O'Halloran 24 P. Knights 10 D. Polkinghorne













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 R. Eade 16 T. Wallace 2 G. Ablett









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 D. Scott (c) 20 M. McCarthy
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 43 P. Murnane
4 P. Russo 14 A. Martello 30 T. King 3 L. Matthews (vc)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 M. Moncrieff 25 J. Hendrie 1 N. Goss













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin