1975 VFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1975 between Geelong and Carlton during round one of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Alex Jesaulenko captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Geelong (8.14.62) were defeated by Carlton (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 5 April 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,573

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 8.14.62 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 6 4 . 10 7 . 11 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Carlton 5 . 2 7 . 5 8 . 7 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin CARL by 20 CARL by 13 CARL by 2 CARL by 32 CARL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Carlton

Captain: Alex Jesaulenko
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Armour, David ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 ? 0 0
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 ? 2 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 2 14 9 5 3 ? 3 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 ? 3 0
29 Deeath, Rex ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 ? 0 2
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 2 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 2 13 7 6 6 ? 3 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 ? 2 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 ? 3 1
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 10 ? 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 7 ? 3 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 2 26 19 7 4 ? 2 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 ? 2 1
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 9 ? 5 5
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 4 0 22 19 3 5 ? 5 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 ? 4 1
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 3 18 13 5 1 ? 4 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 7 ? 1 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 ? 3 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 ? 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 14 282 207 75 72 0+ 49 26

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 ? 1 1
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 6 ? 3 2
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 ? 0 1
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 ? 1 2
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 ? 0 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 3 ? 1 3
3 Fitzpatrick, Mike ? ? 0 4 6 6 0 2 ? 1 3
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 ? 3 4
25 Jesaulenko, Alex (c) ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 9 ? 2 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 8 ? 2 3
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 5 2 17 16 1 10 ? 2 3
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 1 21 19 2 5 ? 2 2
36 MacLure, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 8 ? 1 6
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 ? 0 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 ? 2 1
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 1 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 ? 0 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 8 ? 1 0
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 4 23 23 0 4 ? 3 6
7 Whitnall, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 16 273 223 50 77 0+ 26 50

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