1970 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1970 between Geelong and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

Geelong (15.16.106) defeated Essendon (8.17.65).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,220

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 15.16.106 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 10 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 11 8 . 12 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin GEEL by 8 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: Don McKenzie
Coach: Jack Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 2 25 22 3 6 0 1 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 27 26 1 11 0 0 0
38 Colley, Tim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 3 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 0 5
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 2 0 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 13 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 0 0 2 5
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 3 29 23 6 7 0 2 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 3 22 12 10 11 1 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 8 16 3 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 6 0 2 5
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 7 0 5 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 10 1 1 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 1 0 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 3 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 9 3 20 17 3 9 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 16 354 276 78 97 35 29 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 1 22 22 0 6 0 5 2
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 24 19 5 6 0 4 3
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 5 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 3 17 15 2 3 0 3 2
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 3 3 2 1
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 0 3 20 17 3 6 0 3 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 1 1
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 10 1 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 4 0 2 1
55 May, John ? ? 1 4 15 12 3 0 0 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 5 1 4
48 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 3 0 2 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 3 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 2 25 20 5 5 0 1 6
43 Thompson, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 17 288 237 51 69 18 37 29

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