1969 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1969 between Geelong and Melbourne during round one of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Tassie Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Geelong (17.16.118) defeated Melbourne (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Monday 7 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,571

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 17.16.118 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 5 6 . 7 12 . 12 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 4 10 . 7 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin GEEL by 10 MELB by 9 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 3 4
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 10 0 0 0
19 Davies, John ? ? 3 4 17 15 2 9 0 0 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 29 26 3 4 0 6 4
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 6 16 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 6 0 3 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 1 15 8 7 3 4 1 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 9 13 3 3
14 O'Rourke, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 1 27 26 1 8 0 4 0
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 7 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 3 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 1 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 8 0 2 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 6 13 13 0 10 0 3 5
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 16 315 267 48 112 34 42 39

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 5 0 0 4
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 1 2 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 1 3
17 Clarke, Kelvin ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 0 1 2 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 4 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 4 10 9 1 5 0 3 4
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 7 0 2 1
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 7 0 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 4 1 1 3
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 1 1 2
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 7 3
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 2 3 2
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 2 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 13 1 1 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 3 23 19 4 2 0 4 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 7 5 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 13 251 211 40 72 21 39 42

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