1967 VFL Round 2: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1967 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 2 of the 1967 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Melbourne
H. Mann (capt.), S. Alves, T. Anderson, F. Davis, B. Dixon, R. Dowsing, K. Emselle, R. Foster, R. Groom, T. Johnson, B. Kenneally, T. Leahy, T. Lees, B. Massey, J. Murnane, G. Osborne, J. Toll, B. Vagg, G. Whitton, D. Williams

Geelong
G. Farmer (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, A. Barr, W. Closter, C. Eales, T. Farman, B. Goggin, R. Graham, R. Hosking, D. Marshall, C. Mitchell, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, D. Wade, P. Walker, R. West

Melbourne (9.8.62) were defeated by Geelong (14.11.95).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: H. Mann (4), G. Osborne (2), R. Foster, T. Leahy, B. Vagg
Geelong: D. Wade (4), C. Eales (2), B. Goggin (2), K. Newland (2), B. Ryan (2), A. Barr, G. Farmer

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 April 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,959

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 9.8.62 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Geelong 6 . 1 8 . 3 11 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Norm Smith (Melbourne), Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Captains: Hassa Mann (Melbourne), Graham Farmer (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch
Goal Umpire: P. Stokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 1 1
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 0 2 0
38 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 2 0
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 0
1 Foster, Rob ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 1 1 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 3 0
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 1 4 2
21 Lees, Ted ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 4 14 2 2
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 4 2 23 21 2 5 0 2 2
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
49 Murnane, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 0
40 Toll, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 2 0 2 1
25 Whitton, Geoff ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 6 10 3 3
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 8 249 216 33 59 26 29 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 1 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
33 Barr, Alan ? ? 1 2 23 18 5 4 0 1 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 8 0 1 1
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 2 1 19 17 2 1 0 2 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 2 2
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 1 0 30 15 15 8 5 1 1
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 2 0 29 25 4 3 0 0 3
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 1
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 3
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 4 19 2 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 6 0 0 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 32 23 9 15 22 2 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 1 0 3
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 1 10 10 0 7 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 3 11 8 3 6 0 2 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 9 0 1 1
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 11 343 271 72 89 48 18 29

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