1967 VFL Round 15: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1967 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round 15 of the 1967 VFL season. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong
G. Farmer (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, J. Brown, W. Closter, C. Eales, T. Farman, K. Gladman, B. Goggin, D. Marshall, C. Mitchell, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, B. Primmer, G. Rosenow, J. Sharrock, D. Wade, P. Walker, R. West

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), D. Aspinall, B. Beattie, J. Benison, J. Booth, N. Brown, R. Cobain, M. Cole, W. Eastman, D. Hellings, C. Hobbs, J. Kemp, G. Lazarus, I. McCrae, T. McGregor, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, P. O'Brien, C. Rheinberger, A. Ruscuklic

Geelong (9.14.68) defeated Fitzroy (7.8.50).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Wade (3), K. Newland (2), C. Eales, C. Mitchell, S. Newman, J. Sharrock
Fitzroy: J. Newnham (2), R. Cobain, J. Kemp, G. Lazarus, I. McCrae, A. Ruscuklic

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Fitzroy remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 5 August 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,443

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.14.68 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 4 . 6 9 . 13 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Fitzroy 1 . 0 2 . 3 5 . 3 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: Graham Farmer (Geelong), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Brown, John ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 4
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 11 0 4 3
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 2 0 3 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 0 1
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 31 10 21 3 16 3 4
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 2 26 23 3 4 0 1 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 6 0 3 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 3 3 3 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 7 0 1 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 2 25 3 4
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 0 2
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 6 0 5 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 10 0 1 3
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 3 17 17 0 7 0 4 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 7 0 0 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 3
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 14 314 250 64 90 44 32 40

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
41 Aspinall, Dennis ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 4
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 1 2 3
29 Booth, John ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 2 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 15 3 2
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 7 0 1 0
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 5 3
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 3
22 Kemp, Jim ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 6 1 2 1
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 0 0 2 1
40 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 0 2 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 29 25 4 4 0 3 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 32 23 9 5 3 4 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 2 0 23 20 3 0 0 2 2
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 6 1 4
24 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 5 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 8 267 219 48 51 31 40 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