1979 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1979 between Geelong and St Kilda during round sixteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Mike Patterson.

Geelong (20.9.129) defeated St Kilda (14.20.104).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 21 July 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,613

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 20.9.129 - 14.20.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 8 . 5 13 . 6 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
St Kilda 7 . 8 8 . 11 11 . 17 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Margin STKL by 36 STKL by 6 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mike Patterson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
P. Serong

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 23 2 1
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 9 0 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 4 1 20 17 3 6 0 0 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 3 4
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 1 27 24 3 7 0 0 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 2 0 1 2
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 14 10 3 0 2 2
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 7 3 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 3 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 5 0 8 8 0 6 0 3 5
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 0 3
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 5 0 4 1
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 7 0 2 4
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 4 0 4 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 2 0 2 5
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 3 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 20 9 305 215 90 82 30 33 42

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 3 0 3 2
34 Bond, Graeme ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 9 0 0 2
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 2 29 19 10 5 0 3 1
27 Cahir, Gerard ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 27 21 6 1 0 4 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 2 17 8 9 2 0 2 3
13 Cross, Andrew ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
25 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 2 3
48 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 2 1
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 1 0 0 2
22 Evans, Dale ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 2 0 3 1
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 0
15 O'Keefe, Maurice ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 2 0 2 0
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 6 25 7 3
36 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 4
42 Scott, Malcolm ? ? 2 6 15 13 2 6 0 2 2
2 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 3 0 20 13 7 9 1 0 1
30 Thomas, Grant ? ? 1 1 6 2 4 2 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 20 312 212 100 67 26 40 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