1971 VFL Season Round 2: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 April 1971 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

South Melbourne (12.20.92) were defeated by Geelong (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 17,159

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 12.20.92 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 5 5 . 12 9 . 16 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Geelong 4 . 2 9 . 4 14 . 8 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin GEEL by 15 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 3 2 20 16 4 3 0 2 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 3 1 18 14 4 5 0 3 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 3 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 2
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 2
22 McCracken, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 3 0 0 4
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 0 0 3 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 2 2 24 20 4 4 0 4 0
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 24 18 6 7 0 2 1
18 Page, Ron ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1
23 Pavone, Mick ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 4 1 0 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 3 17 15 2 4 0 0 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 5 0 4 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 2 0 7 1
46 Svorinich, Bob ? ? 0 3 7 5 2 0 0 2 1
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 19 2 0
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 20 290 239 51 62 20 43 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 30 26 4 1 0 6 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 7 0 2 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 3
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 2 32 24 8 5 0 2 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 25 0 2
32 Harris, David ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 2 0 2 2
37 Linke, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 1 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 3 1 3
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 4 1 17 14 3 12 0 1 4
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 5 3 1 5
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 2 4
7 Stokes, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 3 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 2 9 8 1 6 0 0 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 4
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 1 2
39 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 4 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 295 242 53 80 35 27 43

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