1982 VFL Round 16: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1982 between Footscray and Geelong during round 16 of the 1982 VFL season. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Brian Peake captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Hampshire and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Footscray
S. Beasley, B. Berry, C. Burton, R. Christensen, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, T. De Koning, J. Edmond, M. Egan, D. Hawkins, M. Komp, R. MacPherson, S. MacPherson, J. McAllester, A. McConnell, M. McKenna, B. Reid, I. Rickman, T. Wheeler, T. Whitten

Geelong
B. Peake (capt.), T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Card, P. Featherby, D. Flanigan, P. Harrison, P. Jeffreys, P. Johnston, K. Matthews, J. Mossop, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, D. O'Keeffe, M. Reed, S. Reynoldson, D. Smyth, B. Toohey, M. Turner, R. Waddell

Footscray (25.7.157) defeated Geelong (17.13.115).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Beasley (12), J. Edmond (4), B. Reid (2), T. Whitten (2), R. Christensen, D. Hawkins, R. MacPherson, S. MacPherson, M. McKenna
Geelong: P. Johnston (6), N. Bruns (2), P. Harrison (2), D. O'Keeffe (2), T. Bright, D. Flanigan, R. Neal, D. Smyth, M. Turner

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Geelong remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 July 1982
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,004

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 25.7.157 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 9 . 2 15 . 6 25 . 7 25 . 7 (157)
Geelong 3 . 3 8 . 6 13 . 11 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin GEEL by 2 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 42 FOOT by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ian Hampshire (Footscray), Bill Goggin (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Brian Peake (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Morgan, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 12 4 20 18 2 12 0 2 1
4 Berry, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 12 18 1 5
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 6 0 3 1
41 Christensen, Ross ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 2 4 5
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 2 2
11 De Koning, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 2 1 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 4 2 23 18 5 6 0 6 4
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 2
13 Komp, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 5 0
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 3 0 2 2
21 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 1 2 1
28 McConnell, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 0 0 0 2
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 2 0 19 12 7 2 0 2 1
37 Rickman, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 2
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 2
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 2 0 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 25 7 302 224 78 72 23 45 39

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 1 1 20 9 11 3 0 1 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 3 0 3 3
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 4 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 5 0 2 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 1 3 9 5 4 3 5 3 3
23 Harrison, Phil ? ? 2 2 12 8 4 4 0 2 4
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 6 2 11 9 2 7 0 1 3
7 Matthews, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 10 51 5 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 1 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 6 0 5 4
42 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 4 0 4 3
27 Peake, Brian (c) ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 1 5
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 0
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 1 1
25 Smyth, Dale ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 1 0 1 2
6 Waddell, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 13 292 198 94 68 56 39 45

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