1971 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1971 between Geelong and St Kilda during round one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors with Bob Murray as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Geelong (8.9.57) were defeated by St Kilda (21.25.151).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 3 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,771

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by St Kilda
Score: 8.9.57 - 21.25.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
St Kilda 2 . 4 8 . 15 13 . 17 21 . 25 21 . 25 (151)
Margin GEEL by 16 STKL by 23 STKL by 46 STKL by 94 STKL by 94
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe
E: H. Lyons

Goal Umpires

R. Barker

Boundary Umpires

J. Bigelow

Umpire Replacements

H. Lyons replaced J. Sutcliffe.

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 6 0 1 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 6 0
38 Colley, Tim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 1 20 20 0 2 0 2 3
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 10 10 0 1
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 6 3
27 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 7 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 6 0 1 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 4 1
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 3 3 17 13 4 9 3 3 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 4 3
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 0
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 9 226 192 34 72 22 40 36

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 3 4 19 19 0 4 0 1 5
1 Bonney, John ? ? 1 2 23 14 9 5 0 1 2
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 6 0 1 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 4
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 2
31 Galt, Rod ? ? 3 2 11 10 1 4 8 3 2
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 1
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 2
6 Murray, Bob (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 1 2 2
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 6 16 1 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 3 3
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 5 2
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 4 4 28 25 3 11 1 1 0
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 2 0 1 2
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 2 22 19 3 4 0 1 1
33 Smythe, Keith ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
32 Stephens, John ? ? 2 3 10 9 1 1 0 3 5
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 2 0 4 0
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 2
35 Ward, Geoff ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 25 288 242 46 65 26 36 40

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