1980 VFL Round 8: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1980 between Geelong and St Kilda during round 8 of the 1980 VFL season. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Garry Sidebottom captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Geelong
I. Nankervis (capt.), R. Blake, M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, D. Clarke, P. Featherby, T. Floyd, J. Hawkins, P. Johnston, S. Lunn, K. Matthews, G. Middlemiss, R. Murrie, B. Nankervis, S. Newman, Z. Taylor, M. Turner, M. Witcombe

St Kilda
G. Sidebottom (capt.), T. Barker, M. Bromberg, G. Burns, G. Colling, G. Cunningham, J. Dunne, B. Duperouzel, R. Elphinstone, S. Godsell, C. Gorozidis, R. Greene, A. Jesaulenko, M. Kellett, G. McDonald, J. O'Dea, M. Roberts, J. Sarau, I. Sartori, C. Stone

Geelong (20.15.135) defeated St Kilda (10.12.72).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Middlemiss (7), D. Clarke (4), T. Floyd (2), K. Matthews (2), N. Bruns, S. Lunn, B. Nankervis, S. Newman, M. Witcombe
St Kilda: T. Barker (2), M. Roberts (2), G. Burns, B. Duperouzel, S. Godsell, C. Gorozidis, R. Greene, A. Jesaulenko

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and St Kilda remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 17 May 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,449

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 20.15.135 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 1 7 . 7 15 . 10 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
St Kilda 3 . 2 5 . 8 5 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 63 GEEL by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Alex Jesaulenko (St Kilda)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Garry Sidebottom (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Carbines, I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 27 1 3
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 3 0 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 32 19 13 5 0 5 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 6 0 0 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 5 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 0 25 20 5 11 0 1 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 1 0
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 5 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 7 0 1 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 0 2 3
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 2 4 14 12 2 5 0 5 3
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 7 1 12 10 2 8 0 1 2
31 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 4
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 8 0 0 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 11 4 7 4 5 2 4
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 4 0 3 1
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 1 1 27 23 4 4 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 15 350 246 104 97 32 34 30

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 2 0 21 17 4 4 0 3 3
15 Bromberg, Mordy ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 5 0 2 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 2 2
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 1 4
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 2
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 2 22 11 11 3 0 3 2
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 1 3 0
42 Godsell, Sean ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 3 7 1 0
19 Gorozidis, Con ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 1
29 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 5 0 1 2
21 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 0 0 1
7 McDonald, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 3
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 3 0 1 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 10 2 4
6 Sartori, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
2 Sidebottom, Garry (c) ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 5 3 3 1
17 Stone, Chris ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 12 293 198 95 54 21 30 33

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