1980 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1980 between Geelong and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (15.14.104) defeated Essendon (13.12.90).

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

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Bill Goggin

Essendon

Captain: Simon Madden
Coach: Barry Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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, Tom ? ? 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