1975 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1975 between Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty-one of the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Melbourne (8.16.64) were defeated by Geelong (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 August 1975
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,022

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.16.64 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 3 . 5 4 . 9 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Geelong 3 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 2 32 24 8 7 0 3 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 3 17 13 4 5 0 1 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 1
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 4 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 2
13 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 3 1 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 5 0 2 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 3 4
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 3 2
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 3 20 15 5 4 0 4 5
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 3
43 Smith, Ray ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 0 0 2 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 1 0 5
40 Sparks, John ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 5 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 1 23 15 8 1 0 5 4
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 16 286 215 71 58 7 44 50

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 7 14 2 2
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 3 18 17 1 4 0 2 1
24 Cousins, Bryan ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 4 0 2 2
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 0 0 2 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 3 0 1 2
19 Gilmour, Murray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 2
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 1 1 2
2 Landy, Graeme ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 4 0 4 2
20 Lewtas, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 6 0 3 6
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 1 0 6 3
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 3 0 4 2
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 15 6 3
38 Preen, John ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 6 3
27 Sheehan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 2 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 2
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 10 251 205 46 56 30 50 44

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