Match Recap
Round 8·Sat, 26-May-1979 2:10 PM·Kardinia Park·19,590 att.
Geelong
12.11 (83)
vs
Essendon
12.12 (84)
Essendon won by 1

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Geelong5.3 (33)6.5 (41)11.6 (72)12.11 (83)12.11 (83)
Essendon3.1 (19)6.7 (43)9.8 (62)12.12 (84)12.12 (84)

Geelong — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#16 Rod Blake819413
#44 Mark Bos11213
#4 Terry Bright154195
#19 Neville Bruns1231542
#12 John Burns12214212
#20 Ray Card102121
#15 Jeff Cassidy821011
#14 David Clarke21122321
#24 Bryan Cousins13922413
#26 Jack Hawkins47114
#5 Gary Malarkey83113
#2 Glenn Middlemiss42632
#10 John Mossop339
#33 Bruce Nankervis24327221
#40 Ian Nankervis184223
#35 Robert Neal66122
#17 Sam Newman661255
#28 Andy Preston6611
#9 Michael Turner2020621
#18 Murray Witcombe64103

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#38 Peter Bennett1662251
#17 Colin Boyd6392
#6 Neale Daniher143173
#5 Terry Daniher538521
#29 Allan Davis8191
#10 Garry Foulds132153
#33 Glenn Hawker9211211
#1 Peter Keenan1221483118
#27 Simon Madden9211427
#13 Ken Mansfield88162
#37 Ian Marsh144182
#42 Russell Muir1421621
#34 Merv Neagle11
#15 Wayne Primmer10313312
#2 Alan Reid1631991
#24 Stephen Robins152176
#36 Denis Scanlon4482
#16 Steven Taubert1541964
#18 Paul Vander Haar861421
#32 Tim Watson1313222