1974 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1974 between Melbourne and Geelong during round three of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Melbourne (16.10.106) were defeated by Geelong (16.14.110).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,041

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 16.10.106 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 7 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Geelong 7 . 2 10 . 6 14 . 9 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin GEEL by 24 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 1 26 22 4 9 ? 3 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 21 14 7 7 ? 3 5
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 6 ? 2 5
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 3 ? 4 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 3 ? 3 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 6 ? 3 0
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 1 ? 2 1
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 ? 1 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 3 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 ? 3 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 10 ? 1 1
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 ? 0 0
39 Moore, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 7 ? 0 1
29 Murray, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 ? 0 0
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 ? 0 0
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 2 ? 2 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 ? 2 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 0 ? 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 30 24 6 2 ? 4 1
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 10 267 213 54 77 0+ 38 31

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 ? 1 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 6 ? 0 0
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 ? 3 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 1 ? 1 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 2 0 23 22 1 5 ? 3 6
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 5 ? 0 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 4 1 17 12 5 5 ? 0 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 5 ? 2 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 ? 0 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 ? 1 3
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
18 Miller, Keith ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 ? 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 ? 4 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 3 37 29 8 8 ? 6 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 6 ? 0 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 1 1 24 12 12 10 ? 3 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 4 23 20 3 5 ? 3 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 ? 1 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 4 ? 0 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 4 ? 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 308 225 83 84 0+ 31 38

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