1970 VFL Round 21: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1970 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 21 of the 1970 VFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), G. Ainsworth, J. Bates, W. Closter, P. Evans, T. Farman, K. Gladman, I. Hampshire, P. Linke, S. McCarthy, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, S. Newman, G. Reid, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, P. Smith, P. Stevens, D. Wade, J. Wright

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, L. Burgmann, D. Campbell, R. Colcott, R. Dillon, D. Feldmann, G. Hardeman, B. Hodges, P. Keenan, G. Molloy, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, P. Rowlands, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells

Geelong (16.12.108) defeated Melbourne (13.18.96).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Wade (4), I. Nankervis (3), B. Goggin (2), P. Smith (2), J. Bates, W. Closter, I. Hampshire, B. Ryan, P. Stevens
Melbourne: R. Biffin (6), L. Burgmann (2), R. Dillon (2), G. Wells (2), G. Parke

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 5th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 13,670

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 16.12.108 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 10 . 6 13 . 11 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 12 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin MELB by 7 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), John Beckwith (Melbourne)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Frank Davis (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 1 0
11 Bates, Jeff ? ? 1 2 17 16 1 2 0 6 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 0 27 27 0 6 0 3 1
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 1 3 1
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 5 6
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 1 17 15 2 2 0 2 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 8 11 1 2
37 Linke, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 5 0
8 McCarthy, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 24 20 4 4 0 4 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 13 13 2 2
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 10 0 9 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 8 1 3 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 1
31 Smith, Phil ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 2 1 1 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 4 0 2 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 5 10 9 1 6 0 3 1
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 12 291 238 53 88 28 56 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 6 0 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 6 1 16 12 4 8 6 2 4
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 1 7
40 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 3 0 0 7
18 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 2 1 1
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 3 14 11 3 10 0 1 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 1
32 Hodges, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 11 21 1 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 8 1 3 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 13 0 1 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 0 0 1 4
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 2 6
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 3 24 22 2 5 0 0 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 4 21 16 5 4 1 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 18 276 230 46 84 31 26 56

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