1966 VFL Round 14: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1966 between Footscray and Geelong during round 14 of the 1966 VFL season. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Footscray
G. Bisset, I. Bryant, G. Chalmers, J. Charles, D. Darcy, K. Delmenico, N. Fincher, K. Jackman, J. Jillard, I. Marsh, J. McGhie, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, D. Patterson, G. Peters, B. Pleitner, L. Sandilands, J. Schultz, K. Stevens

Geelong
G. Farmer (capt.), A. Barr, D. Brown, W. Closter, J. Devine, C. Eales, T. Farman, K. Gladman, R. Hosking, A. Lord, D. Marshall, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Sharrock, D. Wade, P. Walker, R. West

Footscray (7.9.51) were defeated by Geelong (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Bisset (3), K. Jackman (2), K. Delmenico, K. Stevens
Geelong: D. Wade (5), D. Brown, T. Farman, A. Lord, B. Ryan, J. Sharrock

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 9th on the ladder and Geelong remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 July 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,951

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 7.9.51 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 2 . 8 6 . 9 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Geelong 1 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FOOT by 9 GEEL by 14 FOOT by 2 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Graham Farmer (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Blew

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 33 22 11 6 0 4 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 0 2
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 3 0 2 3
24 Charles, John ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 2 1 4
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 0 1 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 4 1 1 2
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 6 0 3 1
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 5 0 2 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 7
37 McGhie, Joe ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 3 0 2 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 2 0 3 0
26 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 4 0 0
40 Peters, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 0
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 2
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 23 3 2
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 3 11 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 9 234 211 23 69 41 31 29

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Barr, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Brown, David ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 3 0 3 2
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 0
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 1 21 8 13 3 20 1 1
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 1 1
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 1 0 0 4
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 4 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 2 13 13 0 5 0 0 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 9 0 0
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 23 0 12 0 3 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 7 2 2 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 5 8 2 2
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 7 0 2 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 3 12 12 0 6 0 2 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 2
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 287 242 45 72 39 29 31

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