1970 VFL Season Round 3: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1970 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round three of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Fitzroy (7.11.53) were defeated by Geelong (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 25,887

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 7.11.53 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 4 1 . 7 3 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Geelong 5 . 2 9 . 7 15 . 12 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin GEEL by 22 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 77 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 2 0
6 Baker, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 14 3 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 9 8 3 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 2 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 6 0 2 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 7 0 0 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 3 22 21 1 4 0 2 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 2 1 0
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 1 0 4 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 5
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 5 0 7 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 6 0 1 0
28 Shanahan, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 1
29 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 2 0 3 2
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 11 299 240 59 75 24 43 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 1 22 21 1 11 1 1 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 8 0 1 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 4 0 0 4
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 7 12 0 2
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 0
14 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 4 1 36 28 8 8 0 4 4
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 1 4 0 6
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 14 0 1
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 3 0 0 2
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 8 0 1 3
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 1 4 5
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 2 28 19 9 11 0 1 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 1 2 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 4 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 4 11 11 0 7 0 1 1
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 12 324 262 62 98 33 23 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