1971 VFL Round 15: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1971 between Carlton and Geelong during round 15 of the 1971 VFL season. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), B. Barrot, G. Crane, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, K. Hall, A. Jesaulenko, T. Keogh, D. McKay, C. Mitchell, J. O'Connell, P. Pinnell, B. Quirk, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, G. Southby, V. Waite, R. Walls, B. Walsh, J. Warden

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), R. Adams, R. Blake, D. Clarke, W. Closter, T. Evans, T. Farman, T. Gilmore, D. Harris, J. Kline, G. Linke, S. Palfreyman, G. Reid, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, P. Stephens, D. Stephenson, H. Strahan, D. Wade, W. Yates

Carlton (21.15.141) defeated Geelong (15.14.104).

Goalkickers
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (5), C. Mitchell (5), A. Gallagher (3), R. Walls (3), B. Quirk (2), B. Barrot, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni
Geelong: D. Wade (8), P. Stephens (3), D. Clarke (2), W. Closter, H. Strahan

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Geelong remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 July 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 21,356

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 21.15.141 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 8 . 4 13 . 8 16 . 12 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Geelong 4 . 3 10 . 9 13 . 12 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin CARL by 25 CARL by 17 CARL by 18 CARL by 37 CARL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 2 28 23 5 5 0 3 2
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 2 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 3 0 20 18 2 1 0 3 2
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 5 2 15 14 1 6 0 1 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 2 2 2
27 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 5 3 21 19 2 10 10 0 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 12 2 4
50 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 2 0 13 13 0 3 1 2 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 7 0 2 1
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 5 2 3 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 4
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 4 3
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 3 1 19 16 3 10 0 0 4
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 2 15 9 6 2 0 2 0
46 Warden, John ? ? 0 3 16 11 5 1 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 15 295 249 46 84 27 36 37

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 5 2 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 23 23 0 9 1 1 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 5 0 1 3
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 2 24 20 4 3 1 0 3
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 1 3
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 5 2
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 6 0 1 0
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 1 4
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 1 2 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 2
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 3 2 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
20 Stephenson, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 4 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 1 1 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 8 5 15 15 0 6 0 7 3
39 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 10 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 251 214 37 59 19 37 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