1979 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1979 between Essendon and Geelong during round nineteen of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Ken Fletcher captained the hosts with Simon Madden as vice-captain. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Barry Davis and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

Essendon (14.12.96) defeated Geelong (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 11 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 23,004

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 14.12.96 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 7 . 7 12 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Geelong 2 . 2 6 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
48 Barbary, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 2 2
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 1 33 22 11 4 0 7 2
39 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
31 Crow, Max ? ? 1 0 31 23 8 14 21 5 5
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 6 0 0 6
29 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 1 0 5 3
3 Day, Barry ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken (c) ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 2 20 19 1 3 0 1 5
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
27 Madden, Simon (vc) ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 7 11 2 5
13 Mansfield, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 1
37 Marsh, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 3
42 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 2
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 2 2 17 13 4 4 0 2 6
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 4 0
20 Steel, Kelvin ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 2 5
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 4 0 19 14 5 5 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 12 301 223 78 62 34 41 50

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 7 20 5 0
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 2 22 19 3 4 0 1 3
12 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 6 0 5 1
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 3 0 4 3
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 9 0 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 2
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 5
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 1 3 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 5
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 4 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 4 0 8 2
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 6 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 8 254 207 47 53 30 50 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