1979 VFL Season Round 20: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1979 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Ricky Quade captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Stewart and the visitors were coached by Rod Olsson.

South Melbourne (16.6.102) defeated Geelong (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 11,298

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 16.6.102 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 8 . 2 13 . 5 16 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 6 8 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin SMLB by 30 SMLB by 47 SMLB by 45 SMLB by 30 SMLB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Ricky Quade
Coach: Ian Stewart

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller
N. Nash

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 2
18 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 0 4 5
12 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 1 0 3 2
4 Hummel, Jon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 2
27 James, Max ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 6 0 2 3
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 4 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 2
35 Morrison, Peter ? ? 4 0 17 14 3 9 0 3 1
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 4 1 17 15 2 6 0 2 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 1
38 Murphy, Dale ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
16 Quade, Ricky (c) ? ? 0 0 31 25 6 3 0 3 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 1
17 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 2
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 10 27 4 2
28 Smith, Michael ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 0 0 0 7
2 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 2 13 5 8 3 9 1 3
8 Wright, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 3 0 5 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 6 300 225 75 62 36 44 43

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 30 3 4
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 3 1
44 Bos, Mark ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 1 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 4 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 3 1
12 Burns, John ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 1 27 23 4 4 0 5 1
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 2
25 Fehring, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 5 1 4
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 2 4 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 4 12 9 3 5 0 0 4
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 3 1 23 19 4 5 0 3 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 2 0 3 4
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 2
31 Nichols, Greg ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 2 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 4
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 4 0 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 5 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 12 302 227 75 54 37 43 44

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