1979 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1979 between Geelong and Melbourne during round two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Carl Ditterich captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Geelong (15.16.106) defeated Melbourne (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Monday 16 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 25,499

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 15.16.106 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 12 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Melbourne 4 . 6 5 . 7 7 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin MELB by 13 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rod Olsson

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 11 15 2 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 5 0 3 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 27 20 7 7 0 5 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 2 0 1 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 5 6 15 13 2 5 1 4 3
27 Dowsett, Craig ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 4
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 7 0
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 1 5 1 4 3 0 1 5
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 9 3 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 2 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 0 0 1 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 7 0 4 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 6 0 1 5
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 2 0 6 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 4 1 19 15 4 3 0 9 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 3 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 16 307 221 86 74 25 57 44

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 3
31 Carman, Phil ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 4 0 2 10
3 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 3 24 17 7 4 0 3 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 5 13 3 4
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 1 27 21 6 8 0 3 2
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 3 0
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 5 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 5 1
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 3
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 4 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 0 0 3 3
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 6 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 1 0 3 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 0 2 4
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 2 0 1 4
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 0 4 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 13 289 220 69 68 17 42 48

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