1964 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1964 between Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1964 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Fred Wooller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bob Davis.

Melbourne (14.13.97) were defeated by Geelong (17.8.110).

Match Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 April 1964
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 66,250

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 14.13.97 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 8 . 7 11 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Geelong 2 . 2 8 . 4 12 . 7 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 3 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Fred Wooller
Coach: Bob Davis

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 3 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
4 Lord, John ? ? 4 ?
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 1 ?
34 Mann, Len ? ? 0 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Miller, Robert ? ? 0 ?
28 Robbie, David ? ? 2 ?
18 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 ?
35 Williams, Don ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 14 13

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Brown, John ? ? 1 ?
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 ?
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 ?
5 Farmer, Graham ? ? 1 ?
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 ?
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
22 Goodland, Ken ? ? 0 ?
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 ?
6 Lord, Stewart ? ? 0 ?
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 ?
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Scott, Ian ? ? 0 ?
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 3 ?
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 ?
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 ?
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 ?
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Wooller, Fred (c) ? ? 3 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 17 8

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