1970 VFL Round 14: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1970 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round 14 of the 1970 VFL season. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), R. Adams, G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, P. Evans, T. Farman, T. Gilmore, I. Hampshire, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, S. Palfreyman, T. Polinelli, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, P. Stevens, H. Strahan, D. Wade

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), J. Benison, R. Crow, N. Dare, J. Duckworth, D. Herrod, B. Hodgkin, B. McKenzie, H. Merrigan, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, B. Padley, D. Peoples, D. Rhodes, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, B. Sykes, A. Thompson, D. Wall, N. Zunneberg

Geelong (20.8.128) defeated Fitzroy (13.16.94).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Wade (7), B. Ryan (5), I. Nankervis (4), B. Goggin (2), G. Andrews, K. Newland
Fitzroy: D. Searl (4), J. Murphy (3), J. Newnham (2), B. Padley (2), A. Ruscuklic (2)

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 5th on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 4 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,304

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.8.128 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 8 . 1 10 . 2 16 . 4 20 . 8 20 . 8 (128)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 7 . 10 9 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin GEEL by 22 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Artso

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 3 2
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 1 32 28 4 15 0 5 2
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 4 0 4 5
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 0 23 21 2 8 0 3 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 10 12 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 4 6
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 4 0 25 19 6 4 0 3 4
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 23 10 13 10 1 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 14 2 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 1 6
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 1 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 5 2 15 14 1 10 0 2 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 3 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 3 11 11 0 6 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 8 299 249 50 108 27 39 46

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 19 1 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 0 1
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2
35 Hodgkin, Bob ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 2
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 9 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 1 27 25 2 9 0 9 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 2 0 3 3
20 Newnham, John ? ? 2 3 27 24 3 2 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 3 22 20 2 1 0 4 2
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 2 5
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 6 0 4 1
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 4 21 15 6 12 0 5 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 4 2 9 9 0 4 0 3 2
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 4
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 1 0 3 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 3 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 16 282 234 48 67 28 46 39

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