1968 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1968 between Geelong and St Kilda in the first semi final of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Darrel Baldock captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Geelong (19.13.127) defeated St Kilda (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 7 September 1968
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 98,885

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 19.13.127 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 7 14 . 10 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
St Kilda 2 . 4 4 . 10 8 . 13 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

St Kilda

Captain: Darrel Baldock
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Boundary Umpires

A. Cook
E: G. Baker

Umpire Replacements

G. Baker replaced A. Cook.

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 3 20 14 6 7 1 2 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 3 30 28 2 1 0 1 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 1 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 10 0 3 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 14 15 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 2 0 2 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 6 0 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 13 14 2 3
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 5 1 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 4 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 3 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 2 13 7 6 6 0 1 0
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 13 313 263 50 99 32 26 28

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baldock, Darrel (c) ? ? 0 3 25 23 2 7 0 2 2
1 Bonney, John ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 3 0 1 2
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 4 0 17 11 6 8 0 3 1
32 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 2 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 13 1 3
12 Dyer, Ian ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
29 Lilley, Jon ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 1 0 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 0
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 3 9 8 1 2 6 1 3
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 2 2
28 O'Donnell, John ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0
31 Pascoe, Barry ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 5 1 0 0
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 2 5 11 11 0 3 0 3 2
13 Sierakowski, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 5 2 3
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 2 0 4 0
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 2 25 20 5 5 0 2 2
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 3 1
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 1 1 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 17 308 252 56 76 27 28 26

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