1975 VFL Round 15: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 1975 between Footscray and Geelong during round 15 of the 1975 VFL season. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Footscray
L. Sandilands (capt.), R. Abbey, G. Casey, D. Collins, C. Dell, G. Dempsey, I. Dunstan, P. Featherby, A. Gallagher, S. Magee, G. Merrington, I. Morrison, G. Parke, L. Perussich, S. Power, B. Quinlan, I. Salmon, A. Stoneham, K. Templeton, T. Wheeler

Geelong
P. Baker, D. Barkley, M. Browne, R. Browne, J. Cassidy, B. Cousins, L. Crawford, L. Donohue, P. Doyle, J. Hawkins, R. Hunt, B. Nankervis, R. Neal, K. Newland, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett, K. Sheehan, M. Turner, A. Woodman, M. Woolnough

Footscray (13.15.93) defeated Geelong (7.7.49).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Quinlan (3), R. Abbey (2), K. Templeton (2), D. Collins, G. Dempsey, I. Morrison, G. Parke, L. Perussich, L. Sandilands
Geelong: P. Sarah (2), R. Browne, L. Donohue, J. Hawkins, R. Hunt, K. Sheehan

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 6th on the ladder and Geelong remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,449

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 13.15.93 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 5 4 . 7 10 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Geelong 0 . 2 3 . 6 3 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin FOOT by 27 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 49 FOOT by 44 FOOT by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Footscray), Graham Farmer (Geelong)
Captains: Laurie Sandilands (Footscray), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Dye

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 2 0 30 22 8 7 0 2 4
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 0 3
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 0 2 5
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 11 15 4 2
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 0 1 2
5 Featherby, Peter ? ? 0 1 20 9 11 2 0 0 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 26 18 8 3 0 3 6
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Morrison, Ian ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 5 0 1 2
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 31 21 10 13 0 5 3
37 Perussich, Lee ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 9 0 2 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 3 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 7 8 3 9
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 2
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 0 5 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 7 5 2 3 0 1 4
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 3 14 11 3 1 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 15 309 230 79 86 23 40 55

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 2 10 4 6 1 0 2 3
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 4 0
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
15 Cassidy, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 3
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 6 5 3
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 6 7 5 3
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 5
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 4 6 3 5
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 3 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 2 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 1 0 4 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 2 0 0
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 0 24 18 6 4 0 3 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 3 0 6 1
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 2 21 20 1 3 0 5 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 2
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 1 4 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 7 288 184 104 53 22 55 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