1966 VFL Round 17: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1966 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round 17 of the 1966 VFL season. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. Noel Teasdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

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

North Melbourne
N. Teasdale (capt.), B. Allan, T. Allison, T. Benton, R. Davies, K. Dean, M. Delanty, R. Dell, M. Dowdle, J. Dugdale, L. Dwyer, M. Gaudion, B. Gavin, F. Goode, J. Ibrahim, B. Johnson, D. McGrath, N. McKernan, D. O'Brien, P. Steward

Geelong (17.16.118) defeated North Melbourne (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Wade (6), B. Goggin (2), K. Newland (2), J. Sharrock (2), W. Closter, C. Eales, G. Farmer, A. Lord, T. Polinelli
North Melbourne: K. Dean (2), M. Delanty (2), F. Goode (2), T. Allison, R. Dell, M. Dowdle, J. Ibrahim, P. Steward

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 3rd on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 August 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,654

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.16.118 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 10 . 8 13 . 12 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
North Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 8 7 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin GEEL by 2 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Alan Killigrew (North Melbourne)
Captains: Graham Farmer (Geelong), Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 0 27 25 2 3 0 1 0
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 6 0 0 0
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 2 0 0 1
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 1 0 25 10 15 3 11 2 3
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 1 33 27 6 2 0 5 0
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
13 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 1
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 2 0 3 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 4 0 4 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 2 9 9 0 3 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 2 24 1 5
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 6 0 0 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 8 0 2 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 8 5 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 2 1 20 16 4 8 0 3 2
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 3 2 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 6 4 18 13 5 9 0 1 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 0 1
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 16 334 268 66 73 46 32 34

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Allan, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 7 0 1
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 3
14 Davies, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 2 2
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 3
33 Delanty, Mike ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 5 0 1 2
31 Dell, Rod ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 9 0 1
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 3 0 2 1
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 5 1
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 2 0 3 0
29 Gaudion, Michael ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 3 0 3 3
54 Gavin, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Goode, Frank ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 3 0 1 1
3 Ibrahim, John ? ? 1 2 22 15 7 1 0 2 1
22 Johnson, Bert ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 3 0 3 2
8 McGrath, Dennis ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 5 0 2
30 McKernan, Noel ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 4 2
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 1 3 17 15 2 6 0 0 1
2 Teasdale, Noel (c) ? ? 0 0 32 24 8 6 19 5 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 285 245 40 57 40 33 32

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