1947 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1947 between Geelong and St Kilda during round seven of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. George Gniel captained the hosts. Allan Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tommy Quinn and the visitors were coached by Allan Hird.

Geelong (7.12.54) defeated St Kilda (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 31 May 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 13,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 7.12.54 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 4 2 . 8 6 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
St Kilda 0 . 7 3 . 10 5 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin GEEL by 3 STKL by 8 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: George Gniel
Coach: Tommy Quinn

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Doug ? ? 1 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 1 ?
6 Fitzgerald, Brian ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 0 ?
26 Monahan, Andy ? ? 0 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 1 ?
18 Pike, Frank ? ? 0 ?
16 Rayson, Alan ? ? 2 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 2 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 0 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 12

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 0 ?
21 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
23 Brunnen, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
14 Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 Dimble, Murray ? ? 1 ?
30 Fountain, Roy ? ? 0 ?
15 Green, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Hancock, Bobby ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Kerr, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
11 Mace, Ken ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 1 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
16 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
14 Phillips, Bruce ? ? 2 ?
10 Rosewarne, Keith ? ? 1 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 13

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