1969 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 June 1969 between Melbourne and Geelong during round twelve of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Tassie Johnson captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Geelong (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 June 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,557

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 11.12.78 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Geelong 2 . 2 8 . 5 11 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin MELB by 7 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 3 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 3 0 2 4
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 0
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 3 1 1 2
17 Clarke, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 3 1 13 9 4 7 0 2 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 8 0 3 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 2 11 5 6 2 1 0 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 1 0 4 2
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 1
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 4 6 1 3
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 9 3 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 8 2 4 2
44 Mitchell, Mark ? ? 1 1 13 13 0 4 0 2 3
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 1 2 0
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 1
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 2 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 1 30 26 4 8 0 3 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 2 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 12 292 244 48 69 22 43 36

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 0 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 1 0 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 0 5 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 5 0 1 3
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 1 4
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 7 2 0
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 2 23 19 4 1 0 4 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 8 2 0 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 19 4 5
39 Patterson, Pat ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 1 1
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 6 0 4 4
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 2 2 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 2 0 24 17 7 12 0 3 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 2 5 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 6 1 2 5
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 3 17 14 3 8 0 2 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 9 328 271 57 102 34 36 43

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