1969 VFL Round 3: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1969 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round 3 of the 1969 VFL season. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, W. Closter, J. Davies, T. Farman, R. Graham, I. Hampshire, G. Hynes, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, G. Reid, G. Rosenow, J. Scarlett, P. Stevens, H. Strahan, D. Wade, P. Walker

South Melbourne
J. Rantall (capt.), R. Anderson, K. Baskin, P. Bedford, G. Brandt, A. Budd, N. Busse, J. Coghlan, R. Cook, I. Davison, R. Dowsing, T. Haenen, G. Jacobs, G. John, G. Lambert, R. Luke, H. Matthews, H. McAuliffe, J. Sudholz, F. Way

Geelong (19.20.134) defeated South Melbourne (11.8.74).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Wade (9), B. Goggin (2), I. Nankervis (2), H. Strahan (2), W. Closter, J. Davies, T. Farman, I. Hampshire
South Melbourne: I. Davison (2), R. Dowsing (2), H. McAuliffe (2), J. Sudholz (2), P. Bedford, G. Jacobs, G. John

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and South Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,068

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.20.134 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 15 19 . 20 19 . 20 (134)
South Melbourne 1 . 0 7 . 1 8 . 3 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin GEEL by 30 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 60 GEEL by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), John Rantall (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 3 23 19 4 10 0 3 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 0 21 20 1 4 0 2 0
19 Davies, John ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 5
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 4 30 24 6 6 0 0 1
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 3 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 7 0 4
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 2 36 28 8 4 0 4 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 2 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 6 12 3 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 28 27 1 5 0 7 0
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 3 5
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 2 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 4 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 5 0 4 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 9 0 2 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 9 7 19 17 2 9 0 3 0
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 9 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 20 356 295 61 100 21 42 37

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Anderson, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 3
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 2 28 20 8 5 0 2 1
34 Brandt, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 1
16 Budd, Arthur ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 2
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 2
26 Coghlan, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 5 0 5 5
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 2 0 24 24 0 4 0 6 2
27 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 4 1 3
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 4 0 1 2
7 John, Graeme ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 11 0 2 4
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 1
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 2
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 1 0 5 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 3 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 3 12 9 3 5 0 0 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 17 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 8 294 240 54 61 21 36 40

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