1969 VFL Round 4: St Kilda v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1969 between St Kilda and Geelong during round 4 of the 1969 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Geelong at Moorabbin Oval. In the absence of Ian Stewart, vice-captain Carl Ditterich captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

St Kilda
C. Ditterich (capt.), N. Besanko, J. Bonney, B. Breen, G. Colling, A. Davis, D. Griffiths, J. Moran, B. Murray, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, Barry Pascoe, Bob Pascoe, T. Payze, S. Roberts, R. Smith, S. Theodore, S. Trott, G. Ward

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

St Kilda (9.15.69) were defeated by Geelong (13.14.92).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: B. Breen (4), B. Pascoe (3), R. Smith, S. Theodore
Geelong: D. Wade (4), I. Nankervis (3), J. Davies (2), B. Ryan (2), G. Andrews, K. Newland

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 7th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: St Kilda v Geelong
Date: Friday 25 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 42,954

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Geelong
Score: 9.15.69 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 7 3 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Geelong 3 . 2 8 . 8 10 . 8 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Captains: Carl Ditterich (St Kilda), Bill Goggin (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Matheson

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 3 3
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 4 2 17 17 0 6 0 4 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 9 0 4 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (ac) ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 1 1
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 1 27 26 1 6 0 3 4
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 12 0 8 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 21 1 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 0 0 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 3 0
31 Pascoe, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 10 0 0 3
21 Pascoe, Bob ? ? 3 2 15 11 4 6 3 2 0
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Roberts, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 0 2
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 3 22 18 4 3 0 2 0
40 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 2 26 19 7 4 0 3 0
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 10 0
38 Ward, Geoff ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 15 299 245 54 80 24 47 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 7 1 4 6
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 6 0 2 0
19 Davies, John ? ? 2 2 16 12 4 5 0 0 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 0
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 0 3
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 4 1 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 15 13 2 2 0 3 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 10 3 0 6
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 4 11 3 0
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 3
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 6
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 6 3 2 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 4 18 14 4 8 0 1 5
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 4 10 9 1 6 0 1 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 14 317 258 59 87 22 25 47

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