1975 VFL Season Round 20: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1975 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round twenty of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Sam Newman captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Geelong (12.16.88) were defeated by South Melbourne (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 10,973

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by South Melbourne
Score: 12.16.88 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 14 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
South Melbourne 5 . 4 7 . 9 11 . 10 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin SMLB by 7 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 2 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 2
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 11 0 3
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 2 0 5 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 2 4 18 14 4 3 0 1 1
29 Deeath, Rex ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 8 3 1
23 Donohue, Larry ? ? 3 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 1
19 Gilmour, Murray ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 1 2 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 6 3 0 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 5
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 2 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 3 29 22 7 2 0 4 4
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 7 14 5 3
38 Preen, John ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 6 0 6 2
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 3 0 3 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 1 19 19 0 7 0 3 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 5 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 16 307 237 70 76 37 42 38

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 0 27 23 4 11 0 0 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 1 1 5
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 6 1 15 14 1 4 0 4 2
30 Carlton, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 0 2
13 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 0 2 2
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 4 25 24 1 5 0 5 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 5 3 2 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 1 25 15 10 5 0 1 3
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 6 0 3 3
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 3
19 O'Neill, Terry ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 6 0 4 2
25 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 12 17 5 4
39 Scott, Garry ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 6 0 1 1
42 Stilo, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 1
20 Teasdale, Graham ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 7 0 0 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 1 4 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 15 296 237 59 98 22 38 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