1980 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1980 between Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Carl Ditterich and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Melbourne (15.15.105) were defeated by Geelong (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 July 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,327

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 15.15.105 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 10 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Geelong 4 . 4 8 . 10 13 . 11 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin GEEL by 6 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Carl Ditterich

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
B. Deller

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 5 0 23 9 14 10 11 4 3
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 4 14 5 2
12 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 4 0 1 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 2 0 1
21 Durnan, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 3 28 24 4 3 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 3 24 10 14 7 0 1 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 4 0 4 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 1
13 Gordon, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 3 0
43 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 2 2
24 Martyn, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 0
29 Moir, Andrew ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 3 0 2 1
19 Nettlefold, Bill ? ? 1 0 23 10 13 4 0 4 3
7 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 0 0 0 4
42 Rowe, Russell ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 0 0 2 3
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 5 1 0 0
18 Wingate, Maurice ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 15 347 202 145 72 28 37 29

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 5 28 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 3 21 17 4 8 0 2 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 21 20 1 6 0 2 4
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 3 0 2 3
37 Floyd, Tom ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 7 0 1 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 1 2 15 8 7 7 0 2 2
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 6 5 2 4
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 1
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 0
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 2 28 24 4 8 0 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 0 0 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 3 1 3
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 0 28 20 8 5 0 2 4
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 6 0 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 2 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 6 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 12 319 234 85 82 36 29 37

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