1975 VFL Season Round 9: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1975 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round nine of the 1975 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 (11.26.92) defeated Geelong (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 31 May 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,883

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 11.26.92 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 6 6 . 12 8 . 21 11 . 26 11 . 26 (92)
Geelong 3 . 4 4 . 7 4 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin GEEL by 4 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 35 SMLB by 37 SMLB by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 0 2 30 18 12 7 ? 4 4
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 2 3 18 14 4 1 ? 2 2
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 ? 1 1
30 Carlton, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 ? 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 3 13 8 5 4 ? 1 2
35 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 3 ? 3 2
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 0 ? 1 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 ? 4 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 3 3 27 22 5 3 ? 2 2
47 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 3 24 18 6 3 ? 3 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 5 ? 1 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 2 31 24 7 3 ? 1 3
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 ? 2 0
6 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 ? 5 1
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 10 ? 5 3
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 ? 4 4
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 4 4 11 9 2 6 ? 2 1
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 10 ? 0 3
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 26 322 247 75 72 0+ 41 37

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 ? 1 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 ? 2 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 2 24 19 5 2 ? 4 3
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 ? 1 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 3 ? 2 0
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 1 ? 2 5
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 ? 3 3
29 Deeath, Rex ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 5 ? 0 3
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 ? 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 2 ? 2 1
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 0 9 9 0 7 ? 0 2
20 Lewtas, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 5 ? 2 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 3 23 18 5 7 ? 2 7
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 ? 2 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 7 ? 1 1
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 8 ? 5 3
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 ? 2 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 ? 1 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 ? 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 13 288 203 85 68 0+ 37 41

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