1979 VFL 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 16 of the 1979 VFL season. 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
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, M. Bortolotto, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, D. Clarke, B. Cousins, P. Featherby, J. Fehring, J. Hawkins, P. Johnston, G. Malarkey, K. Matthews, G. Middlemiss, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, A. Preston, M. Turner, M. Witcombe

St Kilda
T. Barker, G. Bond, G. Burns, G. Cahir, P. Callery, G. Colling, A. Cross, G. Cunningham, J. Dunne, B. Duperouzel, D. Evans, R. Greene, M. Kellett, J. O'Dea, M. O'Keefe, J. Sarau, I. Sartori, M. Scott, G. Sidebottom, G. Thomas

Geelong (20.9.129) defeated St Kilda (14.20.104).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Johnston (5), N. Bruns (4), D. Clarke (4), K. Matthews (2), B. Nankervis (2), T. Bright, B. Cousins, P. Featherby
St Kilda: G. Sidebottom (3), G. Bond (2), B. Duperouzel (2), M. O'Keefe (2), M. Scott (2), P. Callery, A. Cross, G. Thomas

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and St Kilda remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

Coaches: Rod Olsson (Geelong), Mike Patterson (St Kilda)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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