1979 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1979 between Geelong and Richmond during round twenty-one of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Kevin Bartlett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Geelong (17.13.115) defeated Richmond (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 August 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,258

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 17.13.115 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 7 . 5 13 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Richmond 4 . 7 8 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin GEEL by 1 RICH by 14 RICH by 1 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 19 3 1
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 2 0
44 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 2 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 5 0 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 2 0 2 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 25 19 6 4 0 0 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 5 0 2 2
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 26 17 9 3 0 5 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 3
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 9 0 3 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 1
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 1 3 18 14 4 4 0 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 0 0 7 4
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 3 0 4 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 7 1 4
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 6 1 12 10 2 3 0 0 2
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 3 1 24 21 3 1 0 4 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 3 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 331 239 92 60 26 44 40

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 2 19 18 1 1 0 1 3
49 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0
38 Bottams, Phillip ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 2 5
33 Cloke, David ? ? 3 1 16 10 6 6 2 3 1
39 Considine, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 0
5 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 3 0 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 6 20 4 2
18 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 1 2 4
34 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
11 Monteath, Bruce ? ? 0 3 29 21 8 6 0 4 2
13 Naylor, Greg ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 3
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 0 1 5
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 6 3 13 11 2 7 0 2 1
24 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 4 1
22 Rowlings, Barry ? ? 0 0 30 20 10 3 0 4 4
14 Tempany, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 2 4
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 17 299 207 92 68 28 40 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