1979 VFL Season Round 22: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1979 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round twenty-two of the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors with Garry Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Rod Olsson and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (16.16.112) defeated Fitzroy (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 1 September 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,801

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.16.112 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 14 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 9 . 7 12 . 12 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin GEEL by 14 FITZ by 11 FITZ by 10 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Rod Olsson

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Vice-Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith
J. Sutcliffe

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 3
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 2
44 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 5 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 3 19 18 1 5 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 29 26 3 9 0 1 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 6 1 11 8 3 8 0 0 0
6 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 2 36 27 9 4 0 5 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 1 0 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 5 0 3 4
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 4 0 4 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 3 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 4 3 3
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 6
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 4 0 26 24 2 6 0 4 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 16 16 295 233 62 78 30 40 37

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 6 16 5 0
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 2 18 12 6 4 0 2 4
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 7 0 0 0
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 6 4 5
56 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 1 0 1 1
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 3 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 4 19 17 2 3 0 2 2
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 6
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 3 0
35 Mugavin, Noel ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 3 0 1 4
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 0 21 19 2 7 2 1 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 2 0
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 2 3
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 7 1 3 3
29 Wilson, Garry (vc) ? ? 2 2 32 18 14 9 0 4 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 17 304 215 89 81 25 37 40

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