1971 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1971 between Geelong and Melbourne during round eight of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Barry Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Geelong (10.12.72) were defeated by Melbourne (14.22.106).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,247

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 14.22.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Melbourne 3 . 6 6 . 9 9 . 16 14 . 22 14 . 22 (106)
Margin GEEL by 2 MELB by 8 MELB by 19 MELB by 34 MELB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Melbourne

Captain: Barry Bourke
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 1 0 1 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 1 2 3
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 2 0 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 2 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 2 0 4 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 7 17 2 1
32 Harris, David ? ? 2 2 18 16 2 3 0 3 4
37 Linke, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 0 2
8 McCarthy, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 4 4 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 8 0 2 5
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 6 0 1 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 3 2 21 17 4 8 1 2 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 4 4 5 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 3 10 6 4 2 1 2 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 5 0 3 1
39 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 279 216 63 69 30 36 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 4 31 26 5 2 0 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry (c) ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 5 0 3 2
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 4 0 3 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 4 26 18 8 1 0 3 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 2 0 4 0
5 Gallus, John ? ? 3 2 7 7 0 6 5 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 4 22 2 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 1
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 5 0 3 5
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 9 0 2 6
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 13 0 1 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 4 20 19 1 3 0 2 1
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 1 23 20 3 5 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 22 288 234 54 71 27 32 36

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