1974 VFL Round 11: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1974 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round 11 of the 1974 VFL season. 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
S. Newman (capt.), R. Blake, M. Browne, W. Closter, H. Davis, R. Deeath, B. Eddy, T. Evans, I. Hampshire, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, R. Hunt, G. Linke, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett, K. Sheehan, M. Woolnough

Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), L. Richards (vice-capt.), G. Austen, R. Carter, J. Formosa, W. Irwin, A. Lukas, I. McCulloch, H. Merrigan, K. Murray, G. Noonan, K. O'Keeffe, B. Padley, R. Serafini, A. Sinclair, N. Taylor, A. Thompson, D. Wall, D. Whitford, G. Wilson

Geelong (10.15.75) defeated Fitzroy (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Geelong: K. Newland (4), I. Nankervis (3), R. Blake, M. Browne, T. Evans
Fitzroy: L. Richards (3), B. Padley (2), W. Irwin, J. Murphy, N. Taylor, D. Wall, G. Wilson

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 8th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Graham Farmer (Geelong), Graham Donaldson (Fitzroy)
Captains: Sam Newman (Geelong), John Murphy (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Laurie Richards (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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