1975 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1975 between Geelong and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the visitors with Graham Moss as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Geelong (13.16.94) were defeated by Essendon (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 July 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,012

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 13.16.94 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 6 11 . 9 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 20 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Levens

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 3 0 1 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 3 0 1 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 24 23 1 3 0 8 2
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 3 0
32 Crawford, Leigh ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 2
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 1 24 17 7 8 4 4 5
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 0 4
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 5 0 4 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 1 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 0
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 7 4 3 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 16 4 2
43 Scale, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 3 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 3
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 1 2 18 13 5 3 0 5 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 3 0 7 1
11 Woodman, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 2 25 20 5 4 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 16 304 225 79 66 24 53 37

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 4
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 4 3
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 4 2
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 4
19 Close, Robin ? ? 0 3 14 12 2 5 0 3 4
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 2 5 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 6 0 1 5
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 3 9 9 0 6 1 1 2
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 2
25 Moss, Graham (avc) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 12 3 3 4
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 0 4 17 15 2 3 0 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 3 2 15 12 3 8 0 3 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
26 Shaw, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 1
12 Walsh, Brian ? ? 6 0 22 19 3 5 0 1 2
47 Watson, Larry ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 1 0 1 2
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 1 1 6
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 13 246 205 41 70 7 37 53

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