1978 VFL Round 22: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1978 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round 22 of the 1978 VFL season. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Harvey Merrigan captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, T. Bright, R. Card, D. Clarke, B. Cousins, L. Donohue, P. Doyle, J. Hawkins, P. Jeffreys, G. Malarkey, D. Manson, K. Matthews, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Newman, A. Preston, P. Sarah, K. Sheehan, M. Turner

Fitzroy
H. Merrigan (capt.), G. Wilson (vice-capt.), R. Alexander, G. Allan, G. Austen, B. Brown, P. Brown, M. Conlan, J. Frazer, C. Hansen, R. Hodges, W. Irwin, P. Keays, G. McCarthy, D. McMahon, B. Quinlan, L. Serafini, C. Smith, A. Thompson, R. Walls

Geelong (13.22.100) defeated Fitzroy (5.8.38).

Goalkickers
Geelong: L. Donohue (7), T. Bright (2), R. Blake, D. Clarke, P. Sarah, K. Sheehan
Fitzroy: G. Allan, G. Austen, W. Irwin, B. Quinlan, R. Walls

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 5th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1978 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 2 September 1978
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,842

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 13.22.100 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	3	.	9	7	.	11	7	.	19	13	.	22	13	.	22	(100)
Fitzroy	2	.	1	3	.	3	3	.	6	5	.	8	5	.	8	(38)
Margin	GEEL by 14			GEEL by 32			GEEL by 37			GEEL by 62			GEEL by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rod Olsson (Geelong), Graham Campbell (Fitzroy)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Harvey Merrigan (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Garry Wilson (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Smith, J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
16	Blake, Rod	?	?	1	0	6	4	2	0	8	1	1
4	Bright, Terry	?	?	2	0	20	14	6	8	0	1	3
20	Card, Ray	?	?	0	0	21	14	7	7	0	1	2
14	Clarke, David	?	?	1	3	37	26	11	4	0	3	3
24	Cousins, Bryan	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	1	0	0	1
23	Donohue, Larry	?	?	7	4	14	12	2	10	3	0	2
36	Doyle, Peter	?	?	0	1	24	15	9	6	0	2	3
26	Hawkins, Jack	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	7	1	2	1
22	Jeffreys, Paul	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	1	1
5	Malarkey, Gary	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	2	1
6	Manson, David	?	?	0	0	6	1	5	1	13	0	1
7	Matthews, Kelvin	?	?	0	2	12	9	3	2	0	2	1
33	Nankervis, Bruce	?	?	0	0	33	31	2	4	0	4	0
40	Nankervis, Ian (c)	?	?	0	0	22	13	9	3	0	2	2
35	Neal, Robert	?	?	0	0	21	15	6	3	0	1	1
17	Newman, Sam	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	6	2	2	1
28	Preston, Andy	?	?	0	0	24	9	15	4	0	0	2
13	Sarah, Paul	?	?	1	3	16	13	3	5	0	2	3
8	Sheehan, Kevin	?	?	1	2	20	15	5	1	0	1	1
9	Turner, Mick	?	?	0	4	24	17	7	5	0	1	3
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				13	22	374	252	122	89	27	28	33

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
6	Alexander, Ron	?	?	0	0	16	5	11	3	10	1	1
27	Allan, Graeme	?	?	1	2	17	15	2	2	0	2	3
25	Austen, Geoff	?	?	1	1	8	7	1	4	5	2	1
2	Brown, Brian	?	?	0	0	22	18	4	6	0	2	1
18	Brown, Peter	?	?	0	1	9	8	1	2	0	2	5
12	Conlan, Mick	?	?	0	2	13	10	3	3	0	2	3
3	Frazer, John	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	Hansen, Chris	?	?	0	0	20	11	9	6	1	1	0
17	Hodges, Russ	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	2	0	2	2
7	Irwin, Warwick	?	?	1	0	25	17	8	0	0	2	4
13	Keays, Peter	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	4	0	0	0
23	McCarthy, Gerald	?	?	0	0	17	9	8	5	0	3	1
19	McMahon, David	?	?	0	1	7	4	3	1	0	1	1
36	Merrigan, Harvey (c)	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	1	0	1	1
5	Quinlan, Bernie	?	?	1	0	21	12	9	5	1	3	2
10	Serafini, Laurie	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	3	1
8	Smith, Chris	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	7	2	1	1
21	Thompson, Alan	?	?	0	1	15	12	3	3	0	3	1
9	Walls, Robert	?	?	1	0	8	8	0	3	0	1	1
29	Wilson, Garry (vc)	?	?	0	0	13	13	0	4	0	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				5	8	262	188	74	63	19	33	29

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

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