1975 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 May 1975 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round five of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (11.5.71) were defeated by North Melbourne (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,442

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.5.71 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 0 7 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
North Melbourne 1 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin GEEL by 22 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 6 ? 1 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 9 ? 1 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 1 ? 5 1
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 10 ? 4 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 1 19 10 9 10 ? 1 1
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 ? 2 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 ? 1 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 ? 1 1
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 6 ? 3 2
20 Lewtas, Ian ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 2 ? 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 34 25 9 8 ? 7 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 0 20 20 0 7 ? 3 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 5 ? 0 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 7 ? 7 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 2 ? 1 2
43 Scale, Doug ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 ? 3 0
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 ? 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 7 ? 3 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 ? 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 5 289 216 73 97 0+ 47 26

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 8 ? 3 4
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 ? 2 6
11 Burns, John ? ? 2 0 20 18 2 1 ? 2 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 2 ? 1 7
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 2 ? 0 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 ? 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 2 27 21 6 3 ? 0 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 ? 1 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 2 3 25 20 5 7 ? 3 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 ? 1 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 ? 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 4 ? 2 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 2 18 12 6 2 ? 3 8
17 Melrose, Graham ? ? 2 2 20 14 6 5 ? 1 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 5 ? 1 1
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 0 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 5 ? 1 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 ? 2 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 2 11 5 6 1 ? 0 2
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 3 6 4 2 3 ? 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 15 310 218 92 63 0+ 26 47

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