1970 VFL Round 8: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1970 between Geelong and St Kilda during round 8 of the 1970 VFL season. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. In the absence of Ross Smith, vice-captain Carl Ditterich captained the visitors with Bob Murray as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), R. Adams, G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, P. Evans, T. Farman, K. Gladman, I. Hampshire, J. Kline, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, G. Reid, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, P. Smith, H. Strahan

St Kilda
C. Ditterich (capt.), B. Murray (vice-capt.), N. Besanko, G. Colling, A. Davis, D. Griffiths, B. Lawrence, J. Manzie, J. McIntosh, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, J. O'Donnell, T. Payze, S. Rae, I. Stewart, S. Theodore, S. Trott, G. Ward

Geelong (14.5.89) defeated St Kilda (12.9.81).

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Ryan (4), P. Smith (4), I. Nankervis (3), P. Evans (2), K. Gladman
St Kilda: C. Ditterich (3), J. Moran (3), S. Theodore (2), S. Trott (2), J. McIntosh, G. Ward

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 5th) and St Kilda were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 23 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,942

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 14.5.89 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 1 9 . 2 12 . 4 14 . 5 14 . 5 (89)
St Kilda 3 . 1 7 . 5 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin GEEL by 12 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Carl Ditterich (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Bob Murray (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 0 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 32 29 3 15 1 2 1
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 2 6 0 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 3 3
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 1 0 0 3
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 2 21 16 5 0 0 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 12 3 1
21 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 4 4
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 32 30 2 7 0 3 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 6 12 2 2 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 7 13 3 4
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 9 0 1 1
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 31 27 4 7 0 5 3
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 4 0 19 17 2 14 0 2 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 4 2
31 Smith, Phil ? ? 4 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 4
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 5 340 258 82 89 34 34 38

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 1 2 3
10 Ditterich, Carl (ac) ? ? 3 1 20 15 5 7 2 2 3
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 7 0 0 1
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 1 2 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 7 0 1 2
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 10 8 1 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 3 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 2
6 Murray, Bob (avc) ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 6 0
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 11 1 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 0 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 6 3
28 O'Donnell, John ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 3
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 2 4 0
32 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 6
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 3 0 3 1
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 2 0 2 4
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 2 0 2 0
35 Ward, Geoff ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 9 297 239 58 66 25 38 34

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