1947 VFL Season Round 18: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1947 between St Kilda and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. Allan Hird captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan Hird and the visitors were coached by Tommy Quinn.

St Kilda (10.13.73) were defeated by Geelong (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 August 1947
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 10.13.73 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 7 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Geelong 3 . 5 5 . 9 12 . 11 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin STKL by 4 STKL by 3 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Allan Hird
Coach: Allan Hird

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tommy Quinn

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Hamid

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
27 Bennett, Peter ? ? 5 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
14 Copsey, Alf ? ? 0 ?
6 Hird, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
19 Langdon, Mark ? ? 1 ?
13 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
18 McLeod, Ron ? ? 1 ?
25 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Mulhall, Ken ? ? 1 ?
50 Nisbet, Des ? ? 0 ?
16 Olle, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Pickett, Des ? ? 0 ?
14 Richardson, Tony ? ? 1 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
20 Ross, Jim ? ? 0 ?
29 Schedlich, Harold ? ? 1 ?
23 Stamps, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 10 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Bailey, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
13 Burrell, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Card, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Flanagan, Fred ? ? 0 ?
15 Harwood, Bill ? ? 0 ?
2 Hovey, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
35 Lynch, Marty ? ? 2 ?
22 Morrow, Tom ? ? 0 ?
37 Pike, George ? ? 1 ?
8 Renfrey, Russ ? ? 1 ?
29 Scott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Tate, Syd ? ? 0 ?
36 Turner, Leo ? ? 1 ?
30 White, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay ? ? 9 ?
34 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
27 Wood, Ron ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 15 17

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