1979 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1979 between Melbourne and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Melbourne (9.3.57) were defeated by Geelong (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 June 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,272

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 9.3.57 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 0 4 . 0 6 . 0 9 . 3 9 . 3 (57)
Geelong 3 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin GEEL by 15 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye
N. Nash
E: P. Howe

Boundary Umpires

R. Prosser

Umpire Replacements

P. Howe replaced R. Prosser.

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 7 15 5 1
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 2 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (c) ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 5 7 4 1
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 3 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 2 31 20 11 3 0 2 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 0 20 8 12 7 0 3 3
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 2
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 9 0 7 2
45 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 1 2 2
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 0 0 2 2
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 2 0
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1
15 Seaton, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 3 4
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 6
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 7 0 2 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 6 1 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 3 327 219 108 78 24 47 32

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 4 25 3 4
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 2 21 16 5 2 0 3 7
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 1 27 24 3 2 0 1 6
12 Burns, John ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 4 0 0 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 9 0 1 2
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 2 24 20 4 6 0 1 3
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 1 0 1 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 1 3
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 0 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 2 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 7 0 1 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 9 0 3 3
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 9 0 3 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 7 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 4 0 6 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 3 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 2 0 1 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 12 357 244 113 77 32 32 47

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