1979 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1979 between Geelong and Collingwood during round eighteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Ray Shaw captained the visitors with Kevin Morris as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (18.16.124) defeated Collingwood (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 4 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 30,496

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 18.16.124 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 9 . 7 13 . 13 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Collingwood 3 . 1 5 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 43 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Collingwood

Captain: Ray Shaw
Vice-Captain: Kevin Morris
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 25 1 1
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 7 1 16 13 3 6 0 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 2 25 24 1 3 0 4 0
12 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 3 0 2 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 3 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 4 26 21 5 8 0 3 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 7 0 2 3
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 5 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 3 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 3 8 8 0 8 1 0 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 2
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 8 0 2 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 3 3
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 6 0 2 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 6 0 2 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 1 0 6 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 0 22 17 5 4 0 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 16 326 243 83 83 31 41 34

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 3 5
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 1
20 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 0
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 4 0 1 2
8 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 5 0 1 3
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 5 0 4 5
3 Magro, Stan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 3
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 4 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 12 19 3 2
14 Morris, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 2 1 2 0
34 Ohlsen, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 4 5
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 13 0 1 3
23 Shaw, Ray (c) ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 1
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 3 0 2 1
9 Stewart, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 6 0 3
2 Valli, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
53 Warren, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
28 Wight, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 3
27 Worthington, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 9 258 185 73 78 26 34 41

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