1980 VFL Round 22: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1980 between Geelong and Footscray during round 22 of the 1980 VFL season. Geelong hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Geoff Jennings captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Goggin and the visitors were coached by Royce Hart.

Geelong
R. Blake, M. Bos, T. Bright, R. Card, J. Cassidy, D. Clarke, P. Featherby, T. Floyd, J. Hawkins, P. Johnston, S. Lunn, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, S. Newman, A. Preston, M. Reed, J. Smith, M. Turner, M. Witcombe

Footscray
G. Jennings (capt.), R. Abbey, J. Berry, C. Burton, N. Cordy, G. Cowton, S. Davidson, T. De Koning, I. Dunstan, J. Edmond, B. Edwards, M. Egan, I. Hampshire, D. Hawkins, S. Loveless, I. Morrison, B. Reid, J. Reid, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

Geelong (12.18.90) defeated Footscray (5.10.40).

Goalkickers
Geelong: M. Witcombe (3), T. Floyd (2), R. Blake, D. Clarke, P. Featherby, B. Nankervis, A. Preston, M. Reed, M. Turner
Footscray: R. Abbey, I. Dunstan, S. Loveless, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Footscray remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 August 1980
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 21,186

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 12.18.90 - 5.10.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 14 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Footscray 1 . 4 3 . 6 3 . 6 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Margin GEEL by 22 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 56 GEEL by 50 GEEL by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye, K. Smith

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 9 15 0 6
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 4 0 2 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 3 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 3 15 15 0 5 0 3 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 4 0 2 1
37 Floyd, Tommy ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 5 0 3 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 1 2 3
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
39 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 3 0 1 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 6 4 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 8 0 1 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 1 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 3 0 0 2
28 Preston, Andy ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 2 0 1 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 3 0 0 1
13 Smith, Jan ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 4 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 6 0 3 5
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 3 0 33 24 9 6 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 18 317 220 97 81 20 33 40

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 1 3 17 12 5 4 0 0 2
38 Berry, Jeff ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 2 2 4 0
36 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 1 0 3 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 4 2
6 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 3 0
53 Davidson, Stan ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 1 0 6 4
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 2 7 4 3 1 0 1 1
50 Edwards, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 1 1 2
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 1
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 8 15 10 20 4 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 0 0 0 4
2 Loveless, Shane ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 3
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 0
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 1 1 5 1
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 5 1 1 3
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 10 272 177 95 42 25 40 34

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