1969 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1969 between Footscray and Geelong during round five of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Footscray (11.18.84) were defeated by Geelong (22.12.144).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 3 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,522

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 11.18.84 - 22.12.144

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 14 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Geelong 3 . 5 10 . 8 17 . 10 22 . 12 22 . 12 (144)
Margin level GEEL by 29 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 60 GEEL by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 1 27 25 2 8 0 2 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1
34 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 0 2 2
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 9 0 5 2
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 0 5
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 9 3 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 4 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 30 25 5 5 0 3 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 5 4 17 13 4 6 0 4 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 2 0 3 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 3 2 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 6 6 3 1
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 3 16 15 1 2 0 2 1
44 Thatcher, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 3 28 25 3 13 0 4 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 1 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 6 1 5 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 18 290 255 35 92 21 48 31

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 7 1 2 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 4 0 1 1
19 Davies, John ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 3 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 0 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 3 3 33 25 8 1 0 4 1
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 3
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 31 25 6 2 0 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 28 15 13 7 2 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 8 17 2 5
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 5 0 0 3
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 2 14 8 6 8 6 0 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 5
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 3 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 8 0 1 4
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 9 1 12 12 0 6 0 3 4
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 12 326 257 69 76 26 31 48

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