1974 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1974 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Geelong (10.15.75) defeated Fitzroy (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Monday 17 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,091

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 10.15.75 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 8 7 . 10 8 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 4 . 7 8 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin GEEL by 18 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Laurie Richards
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 6 4 1 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 6 0 1 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 0
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 6 2
29 Deeath, Rex ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 1 5 11 9 2 2 0 2 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 12 6 0 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 3 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 3
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 10 0 2 2
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 4 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 36 31 5 3 0 5 4
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 4 2 21 11 10 2 2 3 1
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 7 15 2 6
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 4 0 4 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 5 1 1 4
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 3 15 12 3 0 0 1 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 15 307 236 71 77 29 44 42

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 3 1 2
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 4 27 20 7 6 0 4 3
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 4 2 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 1 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 1 28 25 3 11 0 5 4
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 4 3
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 2 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 3
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 7 0 0 3
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 1 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 2 0 3 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 6 0 4 3
9 Wall, David ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 1 0 5 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 13 285 221 64 62 7 42 44

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