1983 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 1983 between Geelong and Footscray during round one of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ian Hampshire.

Geelong (15.16.106) defeated Footscray (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 26 March 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 18,377

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 15.16.106 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 10 8 . 14 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Footscray 3 . 2 5 . 3 9 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin level GEEL by 7 level GEEL by 31 GEEL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Ian Hampshire

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
D. Howlett

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 0 0 2 3
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 4 2 12 12 0 5 8 2 3
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 4 0 1 2
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 29 24 5 6 0 4 2
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 9 0 2 3
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 0 0 1 2
8 Lenaghan, Denis ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 0 0 1 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 5 19 2 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 1 5
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 8 0 5 0
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 3 21 16 5 11 0 3 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 1 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 1 0
38 Zychla, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 16 261 194 67 70 27 36 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
41 Christensen, Ross ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 2 0 18 13 5 7 0 2 1
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 3 0 25 17 8 9 2 2 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 2 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 3 1 1
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 1 3 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 1 3
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 11 0 2 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 4 3
19 Love, Terry ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
15 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 5 0 1 5
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 5 0 2 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 5 20 3 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 3 21 18 3 4 0 0 3
31 Semmens, Robert ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 1 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 2
23 Taylor, John ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 5 3 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 4 0 4 1
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 5 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 291 189 102 71 31 37 36

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