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Geelong vs Melbourne

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Round: 7   Venue: VFL Park   Date: Sat, 13-05-1978 2:10 pm   Crowd: 13,072  
Geelong 3.2.206.8.449.13.6718.18.126 C:  Rod Olsson
Melbourne 8.7.5513.9.8717.12.11421.13.139 C:  Dennis Jones
  MELB by 35MELB by 43MELB by 47MELB by 13  

Match stats

Geelong Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
16 Blake, Rod 5 1 1 6 0 0 6 1 2 25y 332d 90 34
4 Bright, Terry 12 2 4 16 2 0 0 2 1 20y 90d 44 63
19 Bruns, Neville 16 4 0 16 0 3 0 4 1 19y 222d 1 0
20 Card, Ray 6 4 11 17 0 0 0 1 1 21y 39d 16 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff 15 6 6 21 4 1 0 4 1 21y 228d 24 13
14 Clarke, David 24 4 1 25 3 1 0 1 2 25y 133d 127 176
24 Cousins, Bryan 18 3 1 19 1 0 0 1 1 24y 135d 39 26
23 Donohue, Larry 7 4 1 8 3 3 1 0 3 23y 21d 74 238
25 Fehring, Jeff 4 2 0 4 0 0 7 1 1 22y 22d 8 0
26 Hawkins, Jack 5 4 5 10 0 0 0 3 1 23y 357d 109 18
39 Higgins, Kevin 13 5 7 20 0 0 0 1 1 27y 82d 118 31
5 Malarkey, Gary 5 1 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 24y 355d 27 0
6 Manson, David 6 4 2 8 1 0 4 3 3 27y 91d 25 5
33 Nankervis, Bruce 16 2 1 17 1 1 0 4 2 27y 272d 125 29
40 Nankervis, Ian 11 4 11 22 0 0 0 7 2 30y 130d 211 197
35 Neal, Robert 10 0 2 12 0 2 0 3 1 21y 148d 76 11
3 Newland, Ken 11 5 4 15 2 4 5 2 0 29y 9d 212 248
9 Turner, Mick 5 1 2 7 0 2 0 0 1 23y 158d 70 30
18 Witcombe, Murray 18 2 7 25 1 1 0 5 1 21y 193d 25 21
11 Woodman, Alan 3 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 22y 340d 39 1
  Totals 210 58 71 281 18 18 23   45 27 24y 58d 1460 1141
Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
1 Baker, Garry 9 10 1 10 1 0 7 0 1 25y 50d 82 81
6 Brewer, Ross 14 6 2 16 2 0 0 0 0 24y 272d 114 191
44 Code, David 19 3 1 20 1 1 0 1 3 21y 37d 2 1
13 Coles, Henry 17 7 4 21 6 0 0 2 5 27y 63d 96 123
7 Denny, Barry 9 2 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 25y 3d 8 1
28 Dullard, Anthony 8 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 3 22y 304d 78 40
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane 15 5 0 15 0 0 0 1 2 22y 140d 50 27
2 Flower, Robert 19 4 2 21 1 1 0 3 2 22y 281d 97 86
9 Fowler, Laurie 17 8 4 21 0 0 0 3 3 26y 135d 117 24
17 Grambeau, Shane 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 4 1 25y 208d 89 47
5 Hunnibell, Graham 7 4 0 7 1 0 7 0 3 23y 131d 1 1
43 Hutchison, Greg 6 3 5 11 0 0 0 1 2 20y 334d 26 2
8 Johnston, Peter 9 6 2 11 2 1 1 0 4 20y 181d 18 20
29 Moir, Andrew 9 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 19y 130d 12 3
12 Norsworthy, Barry 9 7 2 11 2 2 0 0 4 26y 209d 8 7
15 Seaton, Phil 10 5 4 14 0 1 0 1 2 21y 129d 7 3
35 Smith, Steven 7 1 0 7 0 0 9 2 2 21y 356d 76 89
40 Thorne, Peter 8 1 1 9 1 0 0 2 2 18y 109d 4 4
16 Walters, Robert 9 7 0 9 3 3 0 2 2 22y 181d 3 4
11 Wells, Greg 22 14 10 32 1 2 2 1 2 27y 341d 177 214
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 232 100 40 272 21 13 26   25 45 23y 107d 1065 968

Match highlights

Ian Nankervis received 7 frees for Geelong vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Neville Bruns debuted for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.