Geelong
"Inspired by Dick Reynolds, Essendon got within five points late in the final term of the 1951 Grand Final, but Geelong was able to steady and pull away to secure an 11-point victory, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70). Under Reg Hickey, Geelong has developed into a marvellous team. Indeed, with Bernie Smith having won the Brownlow, and George Goninon having been the league's top goal kicker, the Cats had secured a prestigious treble which only Collingwood had previously accomplished ... "
John Devaney assesses the Cats from Kardinia Park, forever football's great entertainers
1978 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Geelong's 1978 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1978-04-01 1 | H | Geelong | 5.3 | 7.7 | 9.10 | 11.10 | 76 | LOST | Collingwood | 3.4 | 7.9 | 12.13 | 17.16 | 118 | -42 | KAR | 1978-04-01 Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-04-08 2 | A | Geelong | 4.4 | 9.8 | 10.12 | 15.19 | 109 | WON | Carlton | 4.6 | 5.8 | 8.14 | 13.17 | 95 | 14 | PRI | 1978-04-08 Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-04-15 3 | A | Geelong | 6.1 | 8.3 | 15.9 | 21.14 | 140 | WON | Footscray | 3.5 | 6.13 | 8.14 | 10.16 | 76 | 64 | WES | 1978-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-04-22 4 | H | Geelong | 3.5 | 5.11 | 12.14 | 18.17 | 125 | WON | Richmond | 2.1 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 15.8 | 98 | 27 | KAR | 1978-04-22 Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-04-25 5 | A | Geelong | 5.3 | 6.10 | 6.10 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | St. Kilda | 3.4 | 7.5 | 14.14 | 14.14 | 98 | -33 | VFL | 1978-04-25 Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-05-06 6 | H | Geelong | 4.7 | 5.9 | 8.12 | 12.16 | 88 | LOST | North Melbourne | 0.0 | 6.9 | 12.11 | 16.14 | 110 | -22 | KAR | 1978-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-05-13 7 | H | Geelong | 3.2 | 6.8 | 9.13 | 18.18 | 126 | LOST | Melbourne | 8.7 | 13.9 | 17.12 | 21.13 | 139 | -13 | VFL | 1978-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-05-20 8 | A | Geelong | 3.5 | 4.10 | 6.17 | 7.18 | 60 | LOST | Essendon | 3.0 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 11.10 | 76 | -16 | WIN | 1978-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-05-27 9 | H | Geelong | 4.4 | 7.8 | 12.12 | 16.13 | 109 | WON | South Melbourne | 3.2 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 14.11 | 95 | 14 | KAR | 1978-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-06-03 10 | A | Geelong | 4.6 | 4.7 | 8.11 | 8.13 | 61 | LOST | Hawthorn | 1.4 | 2.14 | 4.20 | 12.24 | 96 | -35 | PRI | 1978-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-06-17 11 | A | Geelong | 3.9 | 10.13 | 14.16 | 16.18 | 114 | WON | Fitzroy | 2.4 | 6.8 | 12.10 | 16.15 | 111 | 3 | JUN | 1978-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-06-24 12 | A | Geelong | 1.7 | 6.11 | 10.15 | 13.18 | 96 | WON | Collingwood | 2.3 | 6.3 | 7.11 | 7.14 | 56 | 40 | VFL | 1978-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-07-01 13 | H | Geelong | 1.1 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 57 | LOST | Carlton | 5.2 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 9.13 | 67 | -10 | KAR | 1978-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-07-08 14 | A | Geelong | 5.3 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 18.9 | 117 | LOST | Richmond | 3.5 | 11.15 | 16.15 | 17.20 | 122 | -5 | MCG | 1978-07-08 Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-07-15 15 | H | Geelong | 2.3 | 4.8 | 8.11 | 12.12 | 84 | WON | Footscray | 2.3 | 7.8 | 8.10 | 10.12 | 72 | 12 | KAR | 1978-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-07-22 16 | H | Geelong | 7.1 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 16.8 | 104 | WON | St. Kilda | 3.4 | 5.10 | 9.17 | 12.20 | 92 | 12 | KAR | 1978-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-07-29 17 | A | Geelong | 2.2 | 6.9 | 8.10 | 10.16 | 76 | LOST | North Melbourne | 4.7 | 8.8 | 17.12 | 18.14 | 122 | -46 | ARD | 1978-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-08-05 18 | A | Geelong | 5.4 | 7.12 | 10.14 | 14.17 | 101 | WON | Melbourne | 2.6 | 6.10 | 11.14 | 13.17 | 95 | 6 | MCG | 1978-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-08-12 19 | H | Geelong | 6.3 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 92 | WON | Essendon | 4.1 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 85 | 7 | KAR | 1978-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-08-19 20 | A | Geelong | 9.3 | 18.3 | 21.7 | 26.11 | 167 | WON | South Melbourne | 8.2 | 14.3 | 19.6 | 24.11 | 155 | 12 | LAK | 1978-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-08-26 21 | H | Geelong | 4.1 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 13.8 | 86 | LOST | Hawthorn | 2.1 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 13.10 | 88 | -2 | KAR | 1978-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-09-02 22 | H | Geelong | 3.9 | 7.11 | 7.19 | 13.22 | 100 | WON | Fitzroy | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 38 | 62 | KAR | 1978-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1978-09-09 EF | H | Geelong | 1.3 | 2.8 | 6.13 | 9.18 | 72 | LOST | Carlton | 6.2 | 7.7 | 11.13 | 15.15 | 105 | -33 | VFL | 1978-09-09 Sep 9 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1978 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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16 | Blake, Rod | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 32 | 2.9 | 88 | 8.0 | 29 | 2.6 | 117 | 10.6 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 24 | ||
4 | Bright, Terry | 16 | 129 | 8.1 | 63 | 3.9 | 192 | 12.0 | 51 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 33 | 19 | 1.2 | 5 | 119 | ||
12 | Browne, Mark | 11 | 135 | 12.3 | 57 | 5.2 | 192 | 17.5 | 57 | 5.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 0.8 | 5 | 59 | ||
19 | Bruns, Neville | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 86 | 12.3 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 10 | 34 | ||
20 | Card, Ray | 16 | 153 | 9.6 | 114 | 7.1 | 267 | 16.7 | 59 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | Cassidy, Jeff | 16 | 200 | 12.5 | 84 | 5.3 | 284 | 17.8 | 60 | 3.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 37 | 39 | 8 | 0.5 | 9 | 57 | ||
14 | Clarke Snr, David | 23 | 420 | 18.3 | 126 | 5.5 | 546 | 23.7 | 110 | 4.8 | 3 | 0.1 | 49 | 49 | 32 | 1.4 | 39 | 231 | ||
24 | Cousins, Bryan | 12 | 128 | 10.7 | 40 | 3.3 | 168 | 14.0 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 0.4 | 11 | 41 | ||
23 | Donohue, Larry | 23 | 195 | 8.5 | 44 | 1.9 | 239 | 10.4 | 136 | 5.9 | 22 | 1.0 | 26 | 47 | 95 | 4.1 | 50 | 620 | ||
27 | Dowsett, Craig | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 12 | 3.0 | 38 | 9.5 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
36 | Doyle, Peter | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 30 | 5.0 | 114 | 19.0 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 8 | ||
25 | Fehring, Jeff | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 10 | 1.3 | 42 | 5.3 | 9 | 1.1 | 60 | 8.6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
37 | Floyd, Tommy | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 18 | 2.6 | 74 | 10.6 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 33 | ||
26 | Hawkins, Jack | 22 | 179 | 8.1 | 172 | 7.8 | 351 | 16.0 | 123 | 5.6 | 16 | 0.8 | 46 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
39 | Higgins, Kevin | 17 | 236 | 13.9 | 62 | 3.6 | 298 | 17.5 | 60 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 0.2 | 3 | 27 | ||
22 | Jeffreys, Paul | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 50 | 3.8 | 145 | 11.2 | 52 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 0.5 | 6 | 48 | ||
32 | Koehler, Russell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | ||
2 | Landy, Graeme | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 42 | 4.2 | 146 | 14.6 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 8 | ||
5 | Malarkey, Gary | 22 | 197 | 9.0 | 113 | 5.1 | 310 | 14.1 | 84 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | Manson, David | 19 | 90 | 4.7 | 104 | 5.5 | 194 | 10.2 | 81 | 4.3 | 225 | 12.5 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 0.5 | 1 | 61 | ||
7 | Matthews, Kelvin | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 39 | 4.9 | 113 | 14.1 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0.8 | 7 | 43 | ||
40 | Nankervis, Ian | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 191 | 8.7 | 517 | 23.5 | 84 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 92 | 30 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | ||
33 | Nankervis, Bruce | 23 | 489 | 21.3 | 105 | 4.6 | 594 | 25.8 | 111 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 42 | 15 | 0.7 | 17 | 107 | ||
35 | Neal, Robert | 23 | 318 | 13.8 | 120 | 5.2 | 438 | 19.0 | 64 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 49 | 7 | 0.3 | 13 | 55 | ||
3 | Newland, Ken | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 24 | 3.4 | 62 | 8.9 | 21 | 3.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1.6 | 12 | 78 | ||
17 | Newman, John 'Sam' | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 104 | 6.9 | 235 | 15.7 | 85 | 5.7 | 89 | 5.9 | 40 | 55 | 9 | 0.6 | 9 | 63 | ||
28 | Preston, Andy | 15 | 135 | 9.0 | 82 | 5.5 | 217 | 14.5 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 37 | 5 | 0.3 | 5 | 35 | ||
1 | Reed, Malcolm | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 11 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 | ||
13 | Sarah, Paul | 14 | 251 | 17.9 | 41 | 2.9 | 292 | 20.9 | 56 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 41 | 22 | 1.6 | 28 | 160 | ||
8 | Sheehan, Kevin | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 26 | 3.3 | 126 | 15.8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 10 | 58 | ||
9 | Turner, Mick | 21 | 327 | 15.6 | 71 | 3.4 | 398 | 19.0 | 91 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 43 | 14 | 0.7 | 23 | 107 | ||
18 | Witcombe, Murray | 9 | 95 | 10.6 | 41 | 4.6 | 136 | 15.1 | 17 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 75 | ||
11 | Woodman, Alan | 21 | 159 | 7.6 | 86 | 4.1 | 245 | 11.7 | 53 | 2.5 | 3 | 0.2 | 34 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | Woolnough, Mike | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 13 | 1.9 | 60 | 8.6 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | ||
Totals | 460 | 5096 | 11.1 | 2128 | 4.6 | 7224 | 15.7 | 1721 | 3.7 | 550 | 1.2 | 877 | 861 | 317 | 0.7 | 282 | 2184 |