1979 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1979 between Geelong and Essendon during round eight of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. In the absence of Ken Fletcher, vice-captain Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

Geelong (12.11.83) were defeated by Essendon (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 May 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,590

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 12.11.83 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 6 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Essendon 3 . 1 6 . 7 9 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin GEEL by 14 ESSE by 2 GEEL by 10 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden (acting)
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Moss
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 13 0 1
44 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 2 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 4
12 Burns, John ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 2 0 3 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 22 21 1 3 0 2 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 3 22 13 9 4 0 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 1 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 9 2 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 1 27 24 3 2 0 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 2 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 5 1 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 1 20 20 0 6 0 4 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 11 276 215 61 56 27 33 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 5 0 3 4
17 Boyd, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 2
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 3 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 5 0 0 3
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 2 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 0 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 2 0 3 0
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 3 1 14 12 2 8 18 3 0
27 Madden, Simon (ac) ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 4 7 3 1
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 2
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 3 4
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 1 1
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
15 Primmer, Wayne ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 3 0 0 1
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 9 0 2 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 1 2
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 4 5 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 2 2 13 13 0 2 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 12 270 210 60 68 29 37 33

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