1974 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1974 between Geelong and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Geelong (12.11.83) defeated Melbourne (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 10,881

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 12.11.83 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 5 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 5 6 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 6 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 ? 1 1
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 5 ? 4 5
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 0 ? 2 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 7 ? 1 2
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 5 ? 0 0
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 ? 3 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 ? 0 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 7 ? 1 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 4 ? 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 ? 2 2
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 3 1 18 17 1 13 ? 3 1
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 ? 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 41 27 14 7 ? 5 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 ? 3 0
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 11 ? 3 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 2 22 19 3 6 ? 2 3
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 ? 2 1
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 2 ? 4 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 ? 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 11 301 233 68 98 0+ 39 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 9 ? 2 0
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 7 ? 3 3
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 3 ? 3 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 ? 0 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 10 9 1 5 ? 0 3
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 ? 0 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 27 24 3 5 ? 0 3
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 ? 0 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 5 ? 2 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 ? 4 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 7 ? 2 4
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 ? 4 3
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 ? 0 2
26 Scott, Graham ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 5 ? 0 3
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 7 ? 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 ? 1 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 5 ? 1 0
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 1 ? 0 1
27 Wood, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 ? 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 9 265 223 42 87 0+ 26 39

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