1980 VFL Round 18: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1980 between Geelong and Essendon during round 18 of the 1980 VFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Simon Madden captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Barry Davis.

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, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, S. Newman, K. Sheehan, Z. Taylor, M. Turner

Essendon
S. Madden (capt.), P. Bennett, N. Besanko, S. Carey, N. Daniher, T. Daniher, K. Fletcher, W. Foreman, G. Fowler, S. Heard, P. Keenan, J. Madden, M. Neagle, A. Reid, S. Robins, D. Scanlon, A. Stoneham, S. Taubert, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson

Geelong (15.14.104) defeated Essendon (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Clarke (3), R. Blake (2), T. Bright (2), S. Newman (2), K. Sheehan (2), N. Bruns, T. Floyd, P. Johnston, B. Nankervis
Essendon: T. Watson (4), W. Foreman (2), P. Vander Haar (2), T. Daniher, P. Keenan, J. Madden, A. Reid, S. Robins

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 2nd on the ladder and Essendon remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,738

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 15.14.104 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 6 8 . 10 11 . 14 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Essendon 5 . 2 10 . 5 12 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 2 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Barry Davis (Essendon)
Captains: Ian Nankervis (Geelong), Simon Madden (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 8 35 1 5
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 3 0 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 27 26 1 3 0 3 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 3 31 25 6 7 0 1 1
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 2 28 22 6 5 0 1 3
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 1 0 28 24 4 2 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 1 0
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 0 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 5 0 1 0
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 0
2 Middlemiss, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 4 0
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 3 8 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 3 0 0 4
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 5 0 3 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 3 3 1 1
8 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 2 0 3 1
34 Taylor, Zane ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 321 241 80 78 46 26 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
38 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 2
30 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 0
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 0 2 1
6 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 0
22 Foreman, Wayne ? ? 2 2 18 13 5 2 0 2 4
23 Fowler, Grant ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 0 0 3 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 1 0 1 1
1 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 5 12 2 0
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 13 1 3
27 Madden, Simon (c) ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 5 6 0 0
34 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 2 33 21 12 6 0 1 2
2 Reid, Alan ? ? 1 0 27 20 7 7 0 4 1
24 Robins, Stephen ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
36 Scanlon, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 9 1 0 1
11 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 1 0 7 3
16 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 2 21 13 8 3 2 1 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 4 1 24 15 9 5 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 12 320 220 100 56 34 29 26

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