1979 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1979 between Geelong and Hawthorn during round fifteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Hawthorn at VFL Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Geelong (11.12.78) were defeated by Hawthorn (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 14 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,777

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Hawthorn
Score: 11.12.78 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 9 . 6 10 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 4 . 5 9 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin GEEL by 4 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 6 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Marcy
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 28 3 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 8 0 1 3
12 Burns, John ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 2 0 5 6
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 7 0 2 3
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 22 21 1 7 0 4 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 28 22 6 4 0 6 4
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 1 2
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 10 0 0 2
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 3 2
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 2 3
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 7 2 3 6
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 2 0 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 2 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 2 0 1 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 1 25 23 2 2 0 0 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 12 300 219 81 76 31 37 47

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WL ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
35 Ablett, Kevin FF ? 1 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 4
7 Ayres, Gary HFFR ? 1 1 15 13 2 2 0 2 3
27 De Wolde, Alle BPR ? 0 1 19 11 8 2 0 4 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert INT ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 2
26 Eade, Rodney FPR ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 0 1
38 Emery, Steve HBFR ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 2
25 Hendrie, John HFFL ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 0 3
34 Kennedy, John CHF ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 5 0
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 22 18 4 8 0 3 2
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 2 1 14 12 2 5 0 2 2
33 Moore, Terry RU ? 1 1 23 18 5 10 11 2 1
43 Murnane, Peter WR ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 0
8 O'Halloran, David BPL ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 5 1
42 Paton, Ian FPL ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 3 2 2
10 Polkinghorne, David HBFL ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 2
4 Russo, Peter RO ? 0 3 26 19 7 0 0 4 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 3 2 12 11 1 2 0 3 4
44 Turner, Mark C ? 1 0 13 13 0 2 0 3 2
16 Wallace, Terry INT ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 13 311 248 63 56 14 47 37

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

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
8 D. O'Halloran 15 K. Moore 27 A. De Wolde













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 D. Polkinghorne 24 P. Knights 38 S. Emery













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 G. Ablett 44 M. Turner 43 P. Murnane









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 33 T. Moore 9 R. DiPierdomenico
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 16 T. Wallace
25 J. Hendrie 34 J. Kennedy 7 G. Ayres 4 P. Russo











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



42 I. Paton 35 K. Ablett 26 R. Eade













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: David Parkin