1971 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1971 between Geelong and Footscray during round twenty-one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Gary Dempsey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Geelong (18.18.126) defeated Footscray (15.5.95).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,864

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 18.18.126 - 15.5.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 7 9 . 11 13 . 14 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Footscray 2 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 5 15 . 5 15 . 5 (95)
Margin GEEL by 23 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Bill McMaster

Footscray

Captain: Gary Dempsey
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 3 0 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 1 21 21 0 6 0 4 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 3 2 23 23 0 11 0 0 1
5 Evans, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 1 34 30 4 6 0 2 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 5 10 2 6
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 4
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 5 2
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 2 30 25 5 9 0 3 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 22 11 11 5 3 2 4
2 Palfreyman, Stewart ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 8 5 28 24 4 18 0 1 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 0
7 Stokes, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 3
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 8 2 1 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 4 11 10 1 6 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 18 319 259 60 96 18 32 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 0 24 22 2 5 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 5 1
24 Dempsey, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 8 11 1 2
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 0 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 1 0 6 2
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 3
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
42 McHardy, Roger ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 2 0 25 19 6 4 0 4 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 3 15 14 1 9 0 2 1
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 2 0 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 5 1 11 10 1 3 0 1 2
29 Simmons, Grant ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 4 2 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 0 28 26 2 9 0 2 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 5 274 219 55 74 17 36 32

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