1979 VFL Season Round 10: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1979 between Richmond and Geelong during round ten of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Richmond (14.17.101) were defeated by Geelong (18.19.127).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,826

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 14.17.101 - 18.19.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 6 4 . 9 9 . 13 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 11 13 . 11 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Margin GEEL by 4 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 2 1 0 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 2 0 0 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 4 17 10 7 8 0 0 4
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 8 3 2 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 17 2 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 1 1 1
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 2 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 7 2 1
42 McMillan, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 0
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 2 0 3 3
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 2 0 22 12 10 2 0 2 5
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 3 1 33 23 10 4 0 4 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 2 2 13 6 7 3 0 1 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 2
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 3 28 23 5 1 0 2 0
36 Scrimshaw, Ian ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 1 0
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 2 2
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 1 30 22 8 6 0 2 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 17 342 225 117 78 29 30 30

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 23 0 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 2 0 0 2
12 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 3 0 3 4
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 2
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 4 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 0 16 13 3 5 0 3 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 1 0 0 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 8 4 16 12 4 11 0 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 2 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 2
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 1 3 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 2 24 18 6 5 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 33 17 16 7 0 4 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 6 0 2 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 3 18 9 9 11 4 2 6
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 1 15 5 10 3 0 1 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 2 0 1 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 25 24 1 3 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 19 342 233 109 81 28 30 30

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