1974 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1974 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round seven of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (9.5.59) were defeated by North Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,685

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.5.59 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
North Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 5 11 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin NMLB by 18 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 ? 0 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 ? 1 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 ? 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 23 21 2 8 ? 4 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 8 ? 1 1
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 ? 1 3
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 0 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 2 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 ? 1 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 7 ? 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 ? 1 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 31 22 9 2 ? 6 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 3 ? 4 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 6 ? 4 5
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 5 1 19 19 0 4 ? 4 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 ? 2 1
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 ? 2 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 2 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 3 ? 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 5 295 230 65 71 0+ 39 23

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 6 ? 0 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 1 ? 0 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 0 ? 1 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 3 ? 0 0
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 2 2
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 8 ? 2 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 ? 4 6
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 ? 1 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 ? 1 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 ? 0 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 ? 0 1
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 2 0 5 3 2 2 ? 0 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 ? 3 4
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 3 1 26 21 5 6 ? 1 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 ? 2 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 7 ? 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 3 ? 2 0
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 2 ? 3 3
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 3 ? 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 12 292 228 64 66 0+ 23 37

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