1974 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1974 between Essendon and Geelong during round five of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Essendon (12.26.98) defeated Geelong (10.14.74).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 4 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,123

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 12.26.98 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 8 9 . 18 12 . 26 12 . 26 (98)
Geelong 3 . 6 6 . 10 8 . 12 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin GEEL by 2 GEEL by 8 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 ? 1 6
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 3 4 15 12 3 4 ? 2 1
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 3 ? 0 6
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 1 ? 1 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 2 24 16 8 7 ? 4 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 1 ? 2 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 1 4 15 10 5 6 ? 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 3 12 11 1 5 ? 2 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 ? 3 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 5 ? 1 0
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 1 5 13 10 3 4 ? 2 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 4 ? 1 1
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 ? 1 1
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 ? 5 0
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 0 28 19 9 4 ? 5 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 ? 1 4
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 ? 4 1
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 ? 3 2
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 3 33 30 3 5 ? 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 26 305 243 62 68 0+ 40 36

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 ? 1 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 11 ? 1 4
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 3 2 11 10 1 4 ? 0 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 ? 1 1
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 ? 6 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 19 19 0 6 ? 2 0
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 ? 1 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 ? 2 4
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 0 ? 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 8 ? 1 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 3 ? 0 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 1 ? 8 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 ? 5 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 3 10 6 4 4 ? 3 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 6 ? 2 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 2 22 19 3 3 ? 2 7
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 ? 0 5
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 ? 3 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 14 258 198 60 70 0+ 40 40

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