1974 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1974 between Footscray and Geelong during round one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Footscray (16.14.110) defeated Geelong (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,204

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 16.14.110 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 7 6 . 8 10 . 12 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Geelong 1 . 0 6 . 9 7 . 10 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin FOOT by 25 GEEL by 1 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 ? 1 1
22 Collins, Daryl ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 ? 1 3
22 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 3 ? 3 6
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 ? 0 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 ? 3 3
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 2 30 25 5 5 ? 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 ? 2 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 ? 1 3
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 ? 0 1
5 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 5 ? 0 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 7 ? 5 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 28 25 3 5 ? 4 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 ? 2 3
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 ? 1 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 7 ? 0 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 4 ? 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 3 3 12 11 1 10 ? 1 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 5 3 21 19 2 10 ? 2 4
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 1 ? 2 7
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 14 311 241 70 84 0+ 31 43

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 ? 1 5
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 ? 1 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 ? 5 0
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 ? 2 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 5 ? 0 0
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 ? 0 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 1 ? 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 8 ? 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 ? 3 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 ? 5 3
31 Lynch, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 ? 2 1
18 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 ? 7 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 1 ? 3 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 5 ? 1 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 ? 2 3
38 Preen, John ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 1 ? 1 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 2 19 17 2 2 ? 5 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 2 ? 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 ? 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 11 254 201 53 56 0+ 43 31

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