1974 VFL Season Round 20: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1974 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

South Melbourne (13.7.85) were defeated by Geelong (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,176

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 13.7.85 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Geelong 2 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 5 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin SMLB by 1 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 0 19 12 7 5 ? 2 1
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 ? 1 0
24 Bell, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 2 3
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 1 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 ? 3 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 8 ? 2 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 ? 1 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 4 1 27 24 3 3 ? 5 4
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 9 ? 3 8
47 Hodges, Russ ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 ? 2 4
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 ? 3 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 4 ? 3 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 1 ? 1 2
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 ? 3 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 2 2 19 13 6 3 ? 3 6
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 ? 2 2
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 2 2
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 6 ? 2 4
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 ? 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 7 300 226 74 77 0+ 45 48

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 3 ? 3 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 2 1
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 2 ? 2 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 6 14 12 2 5 ? 1 3
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 3 ? 0 6
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 4 2 20 14 6 8 ? 0 2
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 ? 0 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 ? 4 5
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 ? 0 3
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 7 ? 1 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 ? 6 5
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 29 19 10 3 ? 4 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 ? 1 0
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 1 0 27 15 12 5 ? 11 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 1 24 22 2 3 ? 4 3
43 Scale, Doug ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 ? 5 2
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 2 7 7 0 2 ? 1 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 ? 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 287 216 71 59 0+ 48 45

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