1979 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1979 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Ricky Quade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Ian Stewart.

Geelong (18.15.123) defeated South Melbourne (17.8.110).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 15,750

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 18.15.123 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 3 8 . 7 16 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
South Melbourne 5 . 1 9 . 1 12 . 4 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Margin GEEL by 8 level GEEL by 32 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 7 10 2 8
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 4 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 3 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 3
12 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 2 0 5 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 2
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 0 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 1 16 14 2 5 0 3 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 1 0 0 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 4 4 15 11 4 11 0 1 5
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 8 0 2 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 8 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 3 0 4 4
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 21 5 16 13 2 2 4
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 3 21 17 4 1 0 4 5
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 4 3 21 16 5 4 0 1 6
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 15 308 223 85 85 20 36 56

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 1 3 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 2 23 14 9 7 0 1 1
44 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 5 0
6 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 3
4 Hummel, Jon ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 4
27 James, Max ? ? 2 0 15 15 0 7 0 3 0
24 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 1
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 2 2 25 22 3 8 0 4 4
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 12 11 1 5 0 2 1
1 Murphy, John ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 1
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 5 1
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 7 0 5 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 5 0 3 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 8 15 7 1
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 4 2 15 13 2 8 0 1 3
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 2
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 2
30 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 8 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 8 300 244 56 91 18 56 36

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