1979 VFL Season Round 14: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1979 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

North Melbourne (17.16.118) defeated Geelong (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,971

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 17.16.118 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 2 11 . 7 12 . 9 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Geelong 4 . 6 5 . 7 12 . 14 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin GEEL by 4 NMLB by 36 GEEL by 5 NMLB by 18 NMLB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 3
9 Bryant, Kevin ? ? 3 4 20 11 9 3 0 0 1
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 4 1 8 8 0 3 0 1 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 9 35 4 2
7 Ebert, Russell ? ? 1 1 26 18 8 3 0 2 4
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 2 0 19 7 12 5 3 0 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 1 5
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 4 0
36 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 3
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 12 6 3 2
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 1 2 28 20 8 5 0 1 4
35 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
37 Podolczak, Roger ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
48 Schimmelbusch, Daryl ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 3 0 4 5
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 3 28 22 6 4 0 1 3
5 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 7 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 16 322 222 100 70 44 24 43

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 4 10 2 0
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 4 0 0 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 2
12 Burns, John ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 4 0 2 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 0 30 27 3 4 0 2 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 2 1
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 5 0 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 2 1 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 2 1
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 2 16 6 10 4 4 2 4
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 11 5 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 0 24 20 4 5 0 6 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 9 0 5 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 1 0 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 6 0 2 3
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 1 3 7 5 2 2 0 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 16 280 218 62 66 27 43 24

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