1974 VFL Round 12: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1974 between Geelong and Footscray during round 12 of the 1974 VFL season. Geelong hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Geelong
S. Newman (capt.), R. Blake, R. Browne, J. Cassidy, D. Clarke, W. Closter, L. Crawford, R. Deeath, B. Eddy, I. Hampshire, J. Hawkins, K. Higgins, R. Hunt, G. Linke, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, P. Sarah, K. Sheehan, M. Woolnough

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Austin, D. Brown, G. Casey, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, R. Huppatz, G. Merrington, G. Parke, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, P. Welsh, T. Wheeler, T. Wilkins

Geelong (13.14.92) defeated Footscray (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Geelong: R. Hunt (3), K. Newland (3), L. Crawford (2), P. Sarah (2), R. Browne, D. Clarke, I. Nankervis
Footscray: R. Huppatz (2), G. Parke (2), I. Dunstan, A. Gallagher, G. Gingell, I. Salmon

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Footscray were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 22 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 16,320

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 13.14.92 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 5 . 2 10 . 7 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Footscray 3 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 9 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graham Farmer (Geelong), Bob Rose (Footscray)
Captains: Sam Newman (Geelong), Laurie Sandilands (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Smith

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 7 ? 2 2
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 0 ? 1 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 ? 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 2 23 22 1 5 ? 4 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 ? 3 2
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 4 ? 0 1
29 Deeath, Rex ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 ? 0 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 10 ? 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 ? 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 ? 0 2
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 2 20 18 2 10 ? 1 2
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 ? 4 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 ? 5 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 3 ? 5 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 5 14 12 2 6 ? 0 3
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 9 ? 2 5
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 20 20 0 6 ? 5 0
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 ? 2 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 6 ? 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 14 293 241 52 94 0+ 42 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 0 3
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 27 18 9 5 ? 1 1
26 Brown, Don ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 ? 1 4
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 ? 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 8 ? 4 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 0 ? 2 5
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 27 25 2 2 ? 1 1
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 1 33 32 1 6 ? 3 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 1 ? 3 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 ? 2 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 13 ? 0 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 ? 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 ? 2 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 ? 1 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 5 ? 0 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 ? 2 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 0 ? 1 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 7 ? 3 1
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 ? 1 0
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 10 313 240 73 64 0+ 31 42

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