1980 VFL Round 11: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1980 between Footscray and Geelong during round 11 of the 1980 VFL season. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Geoff Jennings captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Royce Hart and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), R. Abbey, B. Berry, J. Berry, P. Bradmore, M. Byrachevski, G. Cowton, S. Davidson, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, R. Groenewegen, P. Hickmott, S. Loveless, M. McKenna, J. Reid, G. Sampson, K. Templeton, G. Towns, R. Tweeddale, T. Whitten

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

Footscray (15.13.103) were defeated by Geelong (22.12.144).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Loveless (4), R. Abbey (2), J. Edmond (2), K. Templeton (2), T. Whitten (2), P. Bradmore, G. Jennings, M. McKenna
Geelong: T. Bright (4), D. Clarke (4), R. Blake (3), M. Turner (3), T. Floyd (2), P. Johnston (2), S. Lunn (2), N. Bruns, S. Newman

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 12th on the ladder and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 June 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,598

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 15.13.103 - 22.12.144

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 5 11 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Geelong 4 . 4 11 . 9 12 . 10 22 . 12 22 . 12 (144)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Royce Hart (Footscray), Bill Goggin (Geelong)
Captains: Geoff Jennings (Footscray), Ian Nankervis (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Bryant, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 3 0 0 1
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 15 0 0
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 3 1
19 Bradmore, Phil ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
28 Byrachevski, Matt ? ? 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 0 0 2 2
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 5 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 2 42 29 13 3 0 5 2
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 5 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 1
24 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 2 0 0 2
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 1 0 26 12 14 3 0 2 3
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 4 0 8 5 3 4 4 1 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 0 0 1 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 1 0
54 Sampson, Glen ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 9 2 1 3
17 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 7 0 2 0
23 Tweeddale, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 2 24 18 6 2 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 13 310 202 108 55 21 35 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 3 0 21 17 4 8 38 1 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 1 2 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 2 18 15 3 4 0 1 4
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 4 0 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 1 23 18 5 11 1 1 0
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 0 2
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 2 0 0 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 1
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 2 4
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 5 0 0 0
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 2 0 0 4
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 2
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 4 0 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 2 0 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 2 13 4 9 2 12 1 1
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 2
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 0 30 26 4 5 0 4 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 12 332 235 97 74 52 25 35

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