1966 VFL Round 16: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1966 between Richmond and Geelong during round 16 of the 1966 VFL season. Richmond hosted Geelong at MCG. Neville Crowe captained the hosts. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Richmond
N. Crowe (capt.), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, G. Burgin, N. Busse, B. Cameron, D. Clay, R. Dean, F. Dimattina, M. Erwin, G. Gahan, P. Guinane, P. Hogan, O. Madigan, J. Northey, J. Perry, M. Perry, J. Ronaldson, K. Smith, G. Strang

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

Richmond (6.12.48) were defeated by Geelong (11.16.82).

Goalkickers
Richmond: P. Guinane (2), K. Bartlett, R. Dean, M. Erwin, J. Northey
Geelong: D. Wade (4), G. Farmer (2), S. Newman (2), C. Eales, B. Goggin, D. Marshall

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 5th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 13 August 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,976

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 6.12.48 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 3 4 . 7 5 . 9 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 4 11 . 12 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Captains: Neville Crowe (Richmond), Graham Farmer (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 5 0 3 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 0 23 23 0 1 0 4 0
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
30 Cameron, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 1 2 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 3 0 2 0
5 Crowe, Neville (c) ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 3 23 2 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 2 29 21 8 3 0 4 0
32 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 2 2
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 5 1 0 0
10 Gahan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 1 3 1
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 2 1 4 3 1 3 2 1 2
23 Hogan, Peter ? ? 0 3 14 13 1 1 0 4 3
11 Madigan, Owen ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 0 0 3 1
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 8 0 3 1
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 8 1 0
26 Smith, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 12 258 231 27 51 36 38 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Brown, David ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 0 0 1 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 0 1 2
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 0 3
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 2 2 30 15 15 12 29 2 3
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 2 28 22 6 2 0 2 5
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 1 0
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 1 1 31 27 4 8 0 2 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 5 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 4 21 1 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 6 0 1 5
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 7 2 3
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 5 0 2
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 7 0 3 1
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 1 0 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 4 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 4
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 16 328 264 64 77 63 17 38

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