1979 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1979 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round four of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (10.13.73) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 April 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,353

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.13.73 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
North Melbourne 6 . 1 10 . 2 17 . 4 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin NMLB by 21 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 55 NMLB by 50 NMLB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 9 10 0 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 6 0 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
12 Burns, John ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 4 0 2 0
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 3 18 17 1 4 0 2 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 3 1 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 5 1 5 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 7 0 2 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 3 5 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 5 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 2 19 11 8 12 1 5 4
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 3
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 2 0 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 0 24 20 4 2 0 0 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 1 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 13 323 213 110 81 16 40 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 2
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 1 1 1
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 5 1 14 11 3 7 0 0 3
14 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1
44 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 0 0 1 1
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
21 Byrne, John ? ? 2 0 39 24 15 6 0 0 4
3 Cassin, John ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 2 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 8 20 2 4
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 1
1 Easton, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 4
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 6 1 3 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 3 1
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 2 0 28 14 14 6 0 0 4
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 10 4 1
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 1 27 15 12 4 0 2 1
38 Ramsay, Roy ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 7 0 4 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 3 1 21 17 4 11 0 4 3
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 3 2 15 12 3 4 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 9 365 239 126 89 32 32 40

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