1974 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1974 between Geelong and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Geelong (11.11.77) were defeated by Essendon (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,897

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 11.11.77 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 4 4 . 6 6 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 4 11 . 6 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 3 ? 5 8
14 Clarke, David ? ? 1 2 16 16 0 3 ? 5 5
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 ? 4 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 1 ? 2 1
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 ? 1 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 4 ? 1 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 2 ? 0 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 4 ? 4 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 3 ? 5 2
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 8 ? 3 3
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 ? 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 ? 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 4 0 26 19 7 3 ? 3 3
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 5 ? 3 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 3 17 11 6 10 ? 2 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 7 ? 4 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 3 ? 6 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 1 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 ? 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 11 305 228 77 73 0+ 57 36

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 0 1
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 ? 7 7
43 Crow, Max ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 1 ? 1 2
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 ? 0 6
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 2 ? 4 3
51 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 ? 2 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 7 ? 4 0
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 ? 3 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 ? 1 3
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 9 ? 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 4 4 10 9 1 6 ? 0 0
54 Park, Tom ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 ? 1 5
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 ? 3 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 ? 0 3
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 0 ? 0 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 ? 0 3
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 35 22 13 9 ? 5 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 ? 1 5
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 1 31 28 3 3 ? 3 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 9 301 222 79 71 0+ 36 57

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