1978 Games · 1978 Player Statistics

Geelong 92 – 85 Essendon

← · 1978 · Round 19 · 12/08/1978 2:10 · Kardinia Park · Crowd 15407 · →

Geelong 6.3.398.4.5211.5.7114.8.92
Essendon 4.1.258.3.5111.7.7313.7.85
Qrt margin GE by 14GE by 1ES by 2GE by 7
Qrt scores GE 39-25ES 26-13ES 22-19GE 21-12
Field umpires Neville Nash (76), Bill Deller (168)

Geelong Match Statistics (92) — Coach: Rod Olsson

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
4 Terry Bright 13 8 5 18 4 1 4 2
20 Ray Card 8 5 2 10 2 2
14 David Clarke 19 3 9 28 1 1 1 3
23 Larry Donohue 8 4 1 9 1 1 7 2 1
36 Peter Doyle 15 5 2 17 2 2
25 Jeff Fehring 3 1 4 9 1
37 Tommy Floyd 12 3 4 16 2 1 2
26 Jack Hawkins 4 3 4 8 3 2
22 Paul Jeffreys 3 1 4 1
5 Gary Malarkey 11 3 5 16 3 3
7 Kelvin Matthews 10 1 4 14 2 1 3 4
33 Bruce Nankervis 29 6 3 32 2 6 3
40 Ian Nankervis 15 3 11 26 3 3
35 Robert Neal 11 2 3 14 1 1 4
3 Ken Newland 2 2 3 5 1 1 1
17 Sam Newman 14 8 7 21 7 3 3
28 Andy Preston 9 3 12 3 4
8 Kevin Sheehan 15 1 16 1 5 1
9 Michael Turner 20 10 5 25 1 2 1
11 Alan Woodman 7 2 1 8 1 4
Totals 2286875303148244743
Opposition 2027478280136294347

Essendon Match Statistics (85) — Coach: Barry Davis

Season · Game by Game

# Player KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA %P
30 Neil Besanko 16 5 6 22 3 2
7 Geoff Burdett 10 5 5 15 1 2 3
39 Neil Clarke 8 2 4 12 1
31 Max Crow 6 5 5 11 1
5 Terry Daniher 10 3 10 2 2 6
29 Allan Davis 10 5 5 15 1 4 5
21 Ken Fletcher 12 2 3 15 1 3
10 Garry Foulds 11 4 2 13 4 1
33 Glenn Hawker 5 4 9 1 1
14 Bernie Jones 3 1 2 5 10
27 Simon Madden 12 11 7 19 5 1 16 1 2
13 Ken Mansfield 6 3 10 16 3 2
8 Jack Mihocek 7 7 3 2 6
15 Wayne Primmer 15 3 3 18 3 1 4 3
24 Stephen Robins 20 3 3 23 1 6
36 Denis Scanlon 15 9 1 16 2 1
18 Paul Vander Haar 10 9 10 20 1 2 2 2
1 Brian Walsh 12 2 2 14 1 1
22 Larry Watson 13 2 4 17 3 8
32 Tim Watson 1 2 3 1 1
Totals 2027478280136294347
Opposition 2286875303148244743

Geelong Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Geelong Games (W-D-L W%) Geelong Goals (Ave.)
4 Terry Bright 20y 181d 49 (24-0-25 48.98%) 67 (1.37) ← ←
20 Ray Card 21y 130d 21 (11-0-10 52.38%) ← ←
14 David Clarke 25y 224d 139 (56-0-83 40.29%) 190 (1.37) ← ←
23 Larry Donohue 23y 112d 86 (38-0-48 44.19%) 279 (3.24) ← ←
36 Peter Doyle 23y 77d 34 (18-0-16 52.94%) 14 (0.41) ← ←
25 Jeff Fehring 22y 113d 11 (2-0-9 18.18%) 1 (0.09) ← ←
37 Tommy Floyd 17y 309d 5 (5-0-0 100.00%) 3 (0.60) ← ←
26 Jack Hawkins 24y 83d 121 (49-0-72 40.50%) 18 (0.15) ← ←
22 Paul Jeffreys 19y 155d 14 (9-0-5 64.29%) 7 (0.50) ← ←
5 Gary Malarkey 25y 81d 38 (17-0-21 44.74%) ← ←
7 Kelvin Matthews 24y 240d 101 (69-0-32 68.32%) 103 (1.02) 4 (3-0-1 75.00%) 4 (1.00)
33 Bruce Nankervis 27y 363d 137 (58-0-79 42.34%) 36 (0.26) ← ←
40 Ian Nankervis 30y 221d 223 (103-1-119 46.41%) 197 (0.88) ← ←
35 Robert Neal 21y 239d 88 (41-0-47 46.59%) 16 (0.18) ← ←
3 Ken Newland 29y 100d 216 (111-2-103 51.85%) 255 (1.18) 198 (102-1-95 51.77%) 243 (1.23) final game
17 Sam Newman 32y 233d 261 (140-2-119 54.02%) 77 (0.30) ← ←
28 Andy Preston 20y 361d 19 (8-0-11 42.11%) 6 (0.32) ← ←
8 Kevin Sheehan 25y 11d 76 (29-0-47 38.16%) 84 (1.11) ← ←
9 Michael Turner 23y 249d 81 (37-0-44 45.68%) 38 (0.47) ← ←
11 Alan Woodman 23y 66d 51 (20-0-31 39.22%) 1 (0.02) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 24y 50d 1771 (845-5-921 47.85%) 1392 (0.79)
C Rod Olsson 36y 111d 65 (31-0-34 47.69%) ←

Essendon Player Details

# Player Age Career Games (W-D-L W%) Career Goals (Ave.) Essendon Games (W-D-L W%) Essendon Goals (Ave.)
30 Neil Besanko 27y 106d 161 (82-2-77 51.55%) 4 (0.02) 12 (4-0-8 33.33%)
7 Geoff Burdett 22y 39d 29 (13-0-16 44.83%) 36 (1.24) ← ←
39 Neil Clarke 20y 349d 10 (4-0-6 40.00%) 1 (0.10) ← ←
31 Max Crow 22y 217d 65 (23-0-42 35.38%) 80 (1.23) ← ←
5 Terry Daniher 20y 362d 36 (18-1-17 51.39%) 58 (1.61) 17 (8-0-9 47.06%) 36 (2.12)
29 Allan Davis 29y 317d 231 (122-1-108 53.03%) 358 (1.55) 17 (7-0-10 41.18%) 14 (0.82)
21 Ken Fletcher 30y 203d 232 (104-5-123 45.91%) 52 (0.22) ← ←
10 Garry Foulds 22y 91d 73 (28-1-44 39.04%) 40 (0.55) ← ←
33 Glenn Hawker 17y 148d 3 (0-0-3 0.00%) ← ←
14 Bernie Jones 25y 101d 78 (51-0-27 65.38%) 42 (0.54) 13 (6-0-7 46.15%) 11 (0.85)
27 Simon Madden 20y 225d 84 (35-1-48 42.26%) 148 (1.76) ← ←
13 Ken Mansfield 19y 339d 19 (8-0-11 42.11%) 12 (0.63) ← ←
8 Jack Mihocek 20y 356d 12 (4-0-8 33.33%) 8 (0.67) ← ←
15 Wayne Primmer 19y 215d 28 (10-1-17 37.50%) 58 (2.07) ← ←
24 Stephen Robins 21y 168d 47 (19-1-27 41.49%) 25 (0.53) ← ←
36 Denis Scanlon 24y 129d 41 (13-1-27 32.93%) 5 (0.12) ← ←
18 Paul Vander Haar 20y 158d 32 (10-1-21 32.81%) 49 (1.53) ← ←
1 Brian Walsh 27y 110d 114 (62-2-50 55.26%) 210 (1.84) 50 (20-1-29 41.00%) 99 (1.98)
22 Larry Watson 20y 323d 28 (10-0-18 35.71%) 2 (0.07) ← ←
32 Tim Watson 17y 30d 33 (13-1-19 40.91%) 25 (0.76) ← ←
Totals (Ave. Age) 22y 218d 1356 (629-18-709 47.05%) 1213 (0.89)
C Barry Davis 34y 331d 19 (8-0-11 42.11%) ←

Blank stat cells: not recorded that season, or zero. Player Details careers are as of this game; “←” in a club column means the player's whole career was with this club. Coach row (C) shows the coaching record through this game.