1980 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1980 between Geelong and Melbourne during round three of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Carl Ditterich.

Geelong (17.17.119) defeated Melbourne (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 April 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,504

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 17.17.119 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 9 11 . 10 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 7 11 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin GEEL by 8 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 8 27 2 1
29 Bortolotto, Mario ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 6 0 0 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 26 23 3 6 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 27 22 5 4 1 3 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 3 4 24 20 4 8 0 2 1
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 3 0 3 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 9 0 1 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 2 3 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 7 0 1 0
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 3 16 13 3 10 0 0 4
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 3 0 4 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 5 0 5 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 2 14 6 8 8 8 0 5
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 0 18 18 0 4 0 4 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 17 333 243 90 93 36 32 25

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 3 0 15 8 7 8 9 3 2
44 Bickford, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 1 15 5 10 5 13 1 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 0 0
6 Elliott, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 1 0
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 2 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 3 29 17 12 5 0 0 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 1 5 3
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 0
39 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 0 6
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 2 0 2 3
42 Rowe, Russell ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 3
16 Walters, Robert ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 3 0 0 1
27 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 1
41 Woodman, Chris ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 4 2 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 9 311 198 113 61 25 25 32

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