1979 VFL Round 21: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1979 between Geelong and Richmond during round 21 of the 1979 VFL season. 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
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, M. Bortolotto, M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, D. Clarke, L. Donohue, P. Featherby, J. Hawkins, P. Johnston, G. Malarkey, K. Matthews, B. Nankervis, S. Newman, A. Preston, P. Sarah, K. Sheehan, M. Turner

Richmond
K. Bartlett (capt.), J. Berry, P. Bottams, F. Bourke, D. Cloke, C. Considine, E. Dunne, B. Heard, M. Keane, G. Landy, M. Lee, B. Monteath, G. Naylor, G. Raines, M. Roach, G. Robertson, B. Rowlings, B. Tempany, D. Weightman, B. Wood

Geelong (17.13.115) defeated Richmond (12.17.89).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Sarah (6), K. Sheehan (3), T. Bright (2), L. Donohue (2), N. Bruns, D. Clarke, P. Johnston, K. Matthews
Richmond: M. Roach (6), D. Cloke (3), G. Landy, D. Weightman, B. Wood

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 6th on the ladder and Richmond remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

Coaches: Rod Olsson (Geelong), Tony Jewell (Richmond)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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