1971 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 1971 between Melbourne and Geelong during round nineteen of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Melbourne (18.17.125) defeated Geelong (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,017

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.17.125 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 7 10 . 13 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Geelong 2 . 2 4 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 16 MELB by 19 MELB by 63 MELB by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 8 0 1 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 2 33 30 3 1 0 6 4
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 2 26 20 6 2 0 4 4
28 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 4 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 8 1 1 2
5 Gallus, John ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 3 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 3
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 24 2 2
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 3 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 6
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 1 1 5
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 4 16 13 3 10 0 4 0
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 4 18 13 5 2 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 3 4
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 1 0 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 2 36 30 6 10 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 17 292 243 49 76 29 45 41

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Adams, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 4 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 16 16 0 7 0 1 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 3 0 4 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 3
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 3 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 0 24 22 2 5 0 1 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 6 8 2 4
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 1 0 5 6
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 1 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 2 24 19 5 5 0 2 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 3 3 2
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 3 0 24 18 6 11 2 3 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 0
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 4 8 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 2 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 5
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 4 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 8 273 216 57 77 26 41 45

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