1975 VFL Round 10: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1975 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 10 of the 1975 VFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Geelong
S. Newman (capt.), D. Armour, R. Blake, M. Browne, J. Cassidy, B. Cousins, L. Crawford, R. Deeath, M. Gilmour, K. Higgins, R. Hunt, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, R. Neal, J. Scarlett, D. Scott, K. Sheehan, P. Stevens, M. Turner, M. Woolnough

Melbourne
S. Alves (capt.), G. Baker, B. Barham, R. Biffin, R. Brewer, D. Campbell, W. Delmenico, C. Ditterich, S. Fitzsimmons, R. Flower, L. Fowler, G. Guy, G. Hardeman, P. Keays, P. Keenan, M. Lyons, G. Molloy, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, G. Wells

Geelong (14.20.104) defeated Melbourne (14.14.98).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Armour (2), M. Browne (2), B. Cousins (2), I. Nankervis (2), S. Newman (2), J. Cassidy, J. Scarlett, K. Sheehan, M. Turner
Melbourne: G. Baker (3), G. Wells (3), B. Barham (2), P. Keenan (2), S. Alves, R. Brewer, C. Ditterich, G. Hardeman

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 11th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 7 June 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 13,488

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 14.20.104 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 5 . 11 9 . 17 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Melbourne 7 . 4 10 . 7 11 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin MELB by 33 MELB by 26 MELB by 6 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graham Farmer (Geelong), Bob Skilton (Melbourne)
Captains: Sam Newman (Geelong), Stan Alves (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
28 Armour, David ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 4 ? 2 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 3 10 9 1 5 ? 3 1
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 2 1 32 24 8 5 ? 5 1
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 7 ? 2 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 0 21 11 10 5 ? 3 0
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 ? 1 0
29 Deeath, Rex ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
19 Gilmour, Murray ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 ? 2 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 ? 4 0
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 ? 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 ? 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 6 ? 4 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 ? 2 3
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 2 1 27 19 8 10 ? 6 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 1 ? 1 3
34 Scott, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 4 16 16 0 1 ? 9 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 ? 3 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 5 ? 6 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 3 22 18 4 7 ? 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 14 20 302 231 71 75 0+ 59 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 3 27 21 6 7 ? 3 4
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 1 ? 2 0
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 1 ? 0 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 ? 3 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 7 ? 2 1
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 ? 0 4
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 ? 0 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 2 ? 1 4
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 4 17 14 3 3 ? 1 7
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 ? 1 3
26 Guy, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 ? 0 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 4 ? 0 2
16 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 ? 1 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 6 ? 3 6
12 Lyons, Marty ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 5 ? 1 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 ? 0 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 7 ? 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 ? 0 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 2 27 22 5 4 ? 2 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 270 214 56 75 0+ 20 59

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