1980 VFL Season Round 10: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1980 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Ron Alexander captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (18.15.123) defeated Fitzroy (17.6.108).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 31 May 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,581

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.15.123 - 17.6.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 7 8 . 11 10 . 14 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Fitzroy 3 . 0 7 . 3 15 . 5 17 . 6 17 . 6 (108)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 14 FITZ by 21 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Fitzroy

Captain: Ron Alexander
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
N. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 9 33 3 4
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 3 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 7 3 17 14 3 3 0 2 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 1 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 2 39 33 6 16 0 2 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 4 0 1 0
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 2 1 27 20 7 3 0 4 4
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 3 1
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 7 0 4 2
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 3 0 19 18 1 3 0 2 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 1
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 6 0 2 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 31 25 6 6 0 5 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 3 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 6 2 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 3 3
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 3 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 9 0 2 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 15 366 272 94 95 42 48 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Alexander, Ron (c) ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 7 9 1 2
24 Beecroft, Bob ? ? 3 0 6 4 2 3 1 1 1
11 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 3
16 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 1 20 19 1 2 0 3 5
13 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 4 2
21 Marchesani, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 1
23 McCarthy, Gerald ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0
34 McConnon, Leigh ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 7 0 0 2
45 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 7 4 2 2
42 Rankin, David ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 3 0 0 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 1
8 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 30 16 14 11 0 4 1
25 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 6 2 3
49 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 4 4
9 Walls, Robert ? ? 4 1 13 12 1 4 0 1 4
40 Watson, Larry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 3 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 1 32 23 9 7 0 2 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 6 291 206 85 78 20 38 48

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