1971 VFL Season Round 15: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1971 between Carlton and Geelong during round fifteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (21.15.141) defeated Geelong (15.14.104).

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

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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