1971 VFL Season Round 9: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1971 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round nine of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Barry Goodingham captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

North Melbourne (16.28.124) defeated Geelong (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,365

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 16.28.124 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 18 9 . 19 16 . 28 16 . 28 (124)
Geelong 7 . 7 7 . 7 11 . 12 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin GEEL by 26 NMLB by 5 GEEL by 5 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Goodingham
Coach: Brian Dixon

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Hayes

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
46 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 2 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 4 4
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 1 3 16 14 2 3 0 4 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 2 0 25 16 9 12 2 4 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 1 3
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 0 1
10 Goodingham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 19 6 6
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 8 0 2 3
42 Groenewegen, Leo ? ? 0 4 12 6 6 4 0 2 0
31 Hall, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 6 2 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 4 1 23 12 11 4 2 3 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 1 3
32 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 0 5 17 12 5 9 0 4 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 4 0 2 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 7 5 34 30 4 5 0 4 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 3 1 1 1
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 5 0 0 0
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 3 0
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 1 2 28 21 7 0 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 28 332 258 74 75 30 49 36

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 1 1 4
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 6 2 2
31 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 3
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 8 0 3 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 0
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 1
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 2 25 19 6 2 0 3 5
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 6 11 2 4
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 2 21 21 0 5 0 3 7
13 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 7 0 0 3
37 Linke, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 22 11 11 6 2 2 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 5 0 1 3
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 7 1 18 15 3 5 0 3 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 1 1 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 0 10 9 1 5 0 3 5
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 5 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 13 275 225 50 71 22 36 49

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