1971 VFL Round 4: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 24 April 1971 between Geelong and Carlton during round 4 of the 1971 VFL season. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), P. Brown, D. Clarke, W. Closter, T. Farman, I. Hampshire, D. Harris, C. Mitchell, I. Nankervis, S. Palfreyman, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, P. Stephens, P. Stevens, R. Stokes, H. Strahan, D. Wade, P. Walker, M. Woolnough, J. Wright

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), B. Armstrong, N. Chandler, B. Doull, B. Gill, K. Hall, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, T. Keogh, A. Lukas, D. McKay, B. Mulcair, P. Pinnell, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, G. Southby, V. Waite, R. Walls, B. Walsh

Geelong (13.8.86) were defeated by Carlton (13.21.99).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Wade (4), I. Nankervis (3), W. Closter (2), D. Clarke, P. Stephens, H. Strahan, J. Wright
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (3), S. Jackson (2), T. Keogh (2), I. Robertson (2), R. Walls (2), P. Jones, J. Nicholls

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Carlton remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 24 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,555

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 13.8.86 - 13.21.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 3 5 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Carlton 4 . 5 5 . 10 10 . 17 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Margin CARL by 20 CARL by 5 CARL by 10 CARL by 13 CARL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill McMaster (Geelong), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), John Nicholls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 16 16 0 3 0 0 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 2 0 23 21 2 6 0 3 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 5 0 2 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 10 2 2
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 2 0 5 5
27 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 12 4 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 15 13 2 2 0 4 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 6 0 0 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 4 2
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 4 0 0 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 4 0 3 2
7 Stokes, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 3 8 7 1 5 0 1 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 4 1
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 8 239 214 25 62 22 35 38

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 4 3
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 3 21 19 2 4 0 3 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 3 5 21 14 7 7 0 1 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 17 2 0
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 6 0 0 4
49 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 2 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 9 0 2 1
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 5 19 1 4
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 2 0 5 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 2 2 25 20 5 5 0 2 2
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 1 3 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 4 5
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 4 22 17 5 10 1 5 4
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 3 24 17 7 2 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 21 306 241 65 67 38 38 35

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