1975 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1975 between Essendon and Geelong during round six of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the hosts with Graham Moss as vice-captain. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Essendon (12.21.93) were defeated by Geelong (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 10 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,225

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 12.21.93 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 8 7 . 16 11 . 18 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 9 10 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin ESSE by 18 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 13 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Vice-Captain: Graham Moss (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 1 6 17 14 3 2 ? 1 3
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 2 6
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 0 ? 6 3
28 Bell, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 ? 2 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 4 ? 2 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 4 ? 3 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 5 ? 3 3
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 3 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 2 6
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 ? 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 3 ? 3 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 ? 3 1
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 16 ? 6 6
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 7 ? 0 5
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 2 4 9 9 0 8 ? 0 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 3 ? 1 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 ? 2 3
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 1 1 24 19 5 7 ? 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 21 263 206 57 73 0+ 40 55

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Armour, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 2
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 ? 0 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 1 3 20 14 6 6 ? 3 2
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 4 ? 5 4
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 2 25 22 3 6 ? 4 2
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 ? 1 1
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 0 13 8 5 5 ? 4 2
41 Eddy, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 2 1
19 Gilmour, Murray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 ? 4 2
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 ? 1 0
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 4 0 12 9 3 5 ? 3 2
20 Lewtas, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 ? 2 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 2 ? 8 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 2 22 18 4 4 ? 6 5
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 ? 0 4
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 1 28 10 18 6 ? 4 4
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 2 17 17 0 2 ? 3 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 ? 3 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 2 22 19 3 5 ? 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 14 277 208 69 65 0+ 56 40

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