1979 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1979 between Geelong and Footscray during round six of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Don McKenzie.

Geelong (9.18.72) defeated Footscray (7.5.47).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,009

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 9.18.72 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 6 3 . 8 8 . 14 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Footscray 0 . 2 4 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 5 7 . 5 (47)
Margin GEEL by 10 level GEEL by 22 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Footscray

Captain: Geoff Jennings
Coach: Don McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
G. Polites

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 14 2 3
44 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 2 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 34 28 6 18 0 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 3
12 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 2 2 24 19 5 7 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 24 22 2 5 0 5 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 5 0 0 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 11 0 1 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 7 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 3 12 11 1 2 0 2 4
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 1 11 4 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 4 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 3 4 21 14 7 9 0 1 3
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 8 0 3 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 10 0 1 3
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 1 27 17 10 6 0 2 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 18 345 251 94 99 25 41 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bristow, Neil ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 1 4
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 5 0 0 5
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 26 22 4 5 0 0 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 2 0
42 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 1 0 0
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 8 21 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 6 0 6 1
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 2 0 31 24 7 5 0 4 5
28 Low, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1
24 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 1 1
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 10 1 5 0
9 Moylan, John ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 1 3
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 3 4
50 Peers, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 2
17 Smedts, Alby ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 4
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 1 1 2
40 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 5 300 212 88 74 28 34 41

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