1974 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1974 between Geelong and Footscray during round twelve of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (13.14.92) defeated Footscray (8.10.58).

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

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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