1979 VFL Season Round 11: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1979 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round eleven of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Ron Alexander captained the hosts with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Fitzroy (19.18.132) defeated Geelong (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,520

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Geelong
Score: 19.18.132 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 16 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Geelong 0 . 3 3 . 8 4 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin FITZ by 26 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 49 FITZ by 67 FITZ by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
G. Marcy

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 23 1 3
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 3 1 29 21 8 5 2 0 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3
1 Fowler, Grant ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 0 0 2 2
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 7 2 2 3
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 4 2
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 3 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 2 0 3 4
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 1 0 2
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 1 21 11 10 7 0 0 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 3
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 5 26 20 6 12 4 1 4
15 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 21 13 8 2 0 0 4
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 2
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 4 13 5 0 0 3
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 1 0
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 4 20 12 8 5 2 2 4
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 2 2 31 21 10 4 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 18 349 219 130 68 34 28 49

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 22 3 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 4 0
12 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 4 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 1 0 2 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 0 4
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 0 1
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 4 0 2 4
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 2 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 1 0 4 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 6 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 0
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 6 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 1 0 5 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 2 2 4 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 0 0 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 2 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 11 259 187 72 40 30 49 28

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