1970 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1970 between Footscray and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Footscray (12.15.87) defeated Geelong (7.14.56).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 25 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,660

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 12.15.87 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 4 6 . 9 8 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 7 6 . 10 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Margin FOOT by 8 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 31 FOOT by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 21 16 5 7 0 0 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 6 0 5 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 6 2 1
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 2 0 1 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 8 4 3 4
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 2 0 2 2
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 1 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 1
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 3 3 31 28 3 6 0 7 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 4 4
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 3 2
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 5 0 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 6 3 3 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 4 9 9 0 4 0 0 2
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 0 26 25 1 3 0 3 5
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 5 0 4 5
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 304 262 42 81 19 45 44

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 0 0 3 4
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 2 39 37 2 12 3 8 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 19 1 4 1 2 2
38 Colley, Tim ? ? 0 1 8 3 5 1 0 1 2
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 1 24 24 0 1 0 4 5
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 3 2 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 2 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 3 20 17 3 4 1 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 13 2 3
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 3 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 0
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 4 4
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 6 2 1 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 4 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 5 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 14 295 252 43 67 23 44 45

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