1970 VFL Round 2: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1970 between Geelong and Carlton during round 2 of the 1970 VFL season. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Wes Lofts as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, W. Closter, T. Farman, K. Gladman, I. Hampshire, D. Harris, K. Higgins, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, S. Palfreyman, G. Reid, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, P. Stevens, H. Strahan, D. Wade

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), W. Lofts (vice-capt.), B. Armstrong, N. Chandler, B. Crosswell, B. Doull, B. Gill, K. Hall, T. Hopkins, P. Hurst, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, D. McKay, D. Munari, I. Nicoll, P. Pinnell, B. Thornley, V. Waite, R. Walls, B. Walsh

Geelong (12.9.81) were defeated by Carlton (16.7.103).

Goalkickers
Geelong: I. Nankervis (3), D. Wade (3), K. Higgins (2), G. Andrews, B. Goggin, D. Harris, H. Strahan
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (6), J. Nicholls (4), P. Jones (3), B. Crosswell, I. Nicoll, B. Walsh

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Carlton remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 11 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 28,302

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 12.9.81 - 16.7.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 1 8 . 2 11 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Carlton 2 . 2 7 . 3 10 . 6 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 7 CARL by 22 CARL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Wes Lofts (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 8 2 1 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 0 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 31 26 5 6 0 5 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 14 2 3
32 Harris, David ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 3
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 6 0 2 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 1 22 18 4 4 0 6 4
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 2 21 13 8 8 3 0 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 18 0 6
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 3
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 4 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 3 0 3 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 5 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 1 0 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 4 7 7 0 4 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 299 239 60 83 38 35 38

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 3 0
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 5 0 4 3
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 10 1 2 1
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 1 0 0
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 2 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 0 1
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 2 2
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 3 0 1 4
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 6 2 19 18 1 7 0 1 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 3 0 14 11 3 5 13 3 2
20 Lofts, Wes (vc) ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 0
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 4 0 17 13 4 6 12 4 1
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 2 0 2 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 0
13 Thornley, Bert ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 3
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 4
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 7 1 4 3
16 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 7 273 232 41 79 28 38 35

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