1974 VFL Round 8: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1974 between Collingwood and Geelong during round 8 of the 1974 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), G. Bisset, H. Coles, I. Cooper, P. Cranage, R. Dean, R. Dunne, G. Dunstan, D. Gott, B. Heard, P. Manassa, P. McKenna, R. Oborne, M. Richardson, D. Salmon, R. Shaw, G. Shephard, R. Wearmouth, J. Williams

Geelong
S. Newman (capt.), G. Ainsworth, D. Armour, R. Blake, D. Clarke, W. Closter, L. Crawford, P. Doyle, T. Evans, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, R. Hunt, G. Linke, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett, M. Turner, M. Woolnough

Collingwood (11.14.80) were defeated by Geelong (18.13.121).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (3), L. Thompson (3), R. Dunne (2), G. Dunstan (2), B. Heard
Geelong: D. Armour (4), W. Closter (3), T. Evans (3), R. Blake (2), D. Clarke (2), K. Newland (2), R. Hunt, P. Sarah

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 25 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 22,858

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Geelong
Score: 11.14.80 - 18.13.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 4 4 . 5 8 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Geelong 2 . 2 8 . 6 13 . 10 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Margin COLL by 8 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Mann (Collingwood), Graham Farmer (Geelong)
Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Sam Newman (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Len Thompson (Collingwood), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 0 2 23 21 2 2 ? 7 4
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 ? 1 4
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 ? 1 0
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 10 ? 3 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 4 14 13 1 4 ? 2 3
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 4 ? 3 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 ? 2 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 8 ? 5 0
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 ? 1 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 4 ? 3 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 ? 1 3
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 ? 1 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 2 30 29 1 9 ? 6 2
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 ? 3 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 ? 3 1
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 ? 2 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 3 1 15 10 5 9 ? 2 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 ? 1 4
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 ? 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 14 280 223 57 83 0+ 50 36

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 ? 1 4
28 Armour, David ? ? 4 1 13 7 6 3 ? 0 3
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 2 1 10 10 0 5 ? 1 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 5 26 26 0 6 ? 4 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 3 1 24 22 2 1 ? 2 2
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 ? 1 5
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 5 ? 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 ? 3 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 ? 2 4
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 10 ? 3 1
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 ? 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 ? 2 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 ? 3 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 5 ? 1 5
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 ? 1 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 0 ? 3 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 ? 3 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 ? 3 6
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 ? 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 13 270 216 54 65 0+ 36 50

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