Geelong
"Inspired by Dick Reynolds, Essendon got within five points late in the final term of the 1951 Grand Final, but Geelong was able to steady and pull away to secure an 11-point victory, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70). Under Reg Hickey, Geelong has developed into a marvellous team. Indeed, with Bernie Smith having won the Brownlow, and George Goninon having been the league's top goal kicker, the Cats had secured a prestigious treble which only Collingwood had previously accomplished ... "
John Devaney assesses the Cats from Kardinia Park, forever football's great entertainers
1971 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Geelong's 1971 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1971-04-03 1 | H | Geelong | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 57 | LOST | St. Kilda | 2.4 | 8.15 | 13.17 | 21.25 | 151 | -94 | KAR | 1971-04-03 Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-04-10 2 | A | Geelong | 4.2 | 9.4 | 14.8 | 16.14 | 110 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.5 | 5.12 | 9.16 | 12.20 | 92 | 18 | LAK | 1971-04-10 Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-04-17 3 | A | Geelong | 5.2 | 10.4 | 13.7 | 16.11 | 107 | LOST | Hawthorn | 5.6 | 9.8 | 12.14 | 16.19 | 115 | -8 | GLE | 1971-04-17 Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-04-24 4 | H | Geelong | 1.3 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 13.8 | 86 | LOST | Carlton | 4.5 | 5.10 | 10.17 | 13.21 | 99 | -13 | KAR | 1971-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-05-01 5 | A | Geelong | 2.0 | 10.2 | 14.7 | 16.12 | 108 | LOST | Essendon | 8.4 | 13.5 | 18.9 | 21.15 | 141 | -33 | WIN | 1971-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-05-08 6 | H | Geelong | 3.5 | 4.6 | 12.11 | 13.13 | 91 | LOST | Fitzroy | 3.4 | 10.10 | 13.13 | 20.16 | 136 | -45 | VFL | 1971-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-05-15 7 | A | Geelong | 2.2 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 14.8 | 92 | LOST | Collingwood | 5.2 | 7.8 | 10.12 | 15.16 | 106 | -14 | VIC | 1971-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-05-22 8 | H | Geelong | 4.2 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | Melbourne | 3.6 | 6.9 | 9.16 | 14.22 | 106 | -34 | KAR | 1971-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-05-29 9 | A | Geelong | 7.7 | 7.7 | 11.12 | 16.13 | 109 | LOST | North Melbourne | 3.5 | 6.18 | 9.19 | 16.28 | 124 | -15 | ARD | 1971-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-06-05 10 | A | Geelong | 5.5 | 7.8 | 12.12 | 18.14 | 122 | LOST | Footscray | 2.3 | 5.7 | 12.9 | 19.10 | 124 | -2 | VFL | 1971-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-06-14 11 | H | Geelong | 4.6 | 7.7 | 10.10 | 12.11 | 83 | LOST | Richmond | 3.4 | 6.9 | 14.10 | 20.13 | 133 | -50 | KAR | 1971-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-06-19 12 | A | Geelong | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 21 | LOST | St. Kilda | 5.2 | 7.9 | 12.10 | 14.15 | 99 | -78 | MOO | 1971-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-06-26 13 | H | Geelong | 3.3 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 13.9 | 87 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.1 | 3.5 | 5.11 | 9.12 | 66 | 21 | KAR | 1971-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-07-03 14 | H | Geelong | 1.0 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 13.6 | 84 | LOST | Hawthorn | 6.6 | 9.9 | 12.10 | 15.13 | 103 | -19 | KAR | 1971-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-07-10 15 | A | Geelong | 4.3 | 10.9 | 13.12 | 15.14 | 104 | LOST | Carlton | 8.4 | 13.8 | 16.12 | 21.15 | 141 | -37 | PRI | 1971-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-07-17 16 | H | Geelong | 4.1 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 85 | LOST | Essendon | 8.5 | 8.8 | 13.14 | 16.18 | 114 | -29 | VFL | 1971-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-07-24 17 | A | Geelong | 4.1 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 11.10 | 76 | LOST | Fitzroy | 4.9 | 9.10 | 13.15 | 20.19 | 139 | -63 | JUN | 1971-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-07-31 18 | H | Geelong | 4.2 | 10.6 | 15.8 | 21.11 | 137 | WON | Collingwood | 4.5 | 11.7 | 18.10 | 19.14 | 128 | 9 | KAR | 1971-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-08-07 19 | A | Geelong | 2.2 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 62 | LOST | Melbourne | 4.5 | 6.7 | 10.13 | 18.17 | 125 | -63 | MCG | 1971-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-08-14 20 | H | Geelong | 5.1 | 12.2 | 16.6 | 24.7 | 151 | WON | North Melbourne | 3.3 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 11.10 | 76 | 75 | KAR | 1971-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-08-21 21 | H | Geelong | 5.7 | 9.11 | 13.14 | 18.18 | 126 | WON | Footscray | 2.2 | 5.4 | 9.5 | 15.5 | 95 | 31 | KAR | 1971-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971-08-28 22 | A | Geelong | 1.3 | 6.5 | 9.13 | 14.18 | 102 | LOST | Richmond | 5.4 | 10.7 | 10.13 | 16.14 | 110 | -8 | MCG | 1971-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1971 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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9 | Adams, Robert | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 18 | 1.6 | 89 | 8.1 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0.4 | 2 | 26 | ||
25 | Ainsworth, Geoff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | Bates, Jeff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
16 | Blake, Rod | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 22 | 1.6 | 123 | 8.8 | 34 | 2.4 | 92 | 6.6 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 0.3 | 3 | 27 | ||
31 | Brown, Peter | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 17 | 2.8 | 95 | 15.8 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 21 | ||
14 | Clarke Snr, David | 22 | 417 | 19.0 | 20 | 0.9 | 437 | 19.9 | 133 | 6.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 52 | 52 | 25 | 1.1 | 21 | 171 | ||
1 | Closter, Wayne | 22 | 421 | 19.1 | 27 | 1.2 | 448 | 20.4 | 115 | 5.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 62 | 29 | 13 | 0.6 | 16 | 94 | ||
38 | Colley, Tim | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | Evans, Tim | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 10 | 1.7 | 61 | 10.2 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | Evans, Phil | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 10 | 0.9 | 52 | 4.7 | 10 | 0.9 | 8 | 0.7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | Farman, Terry | 21 | 195 | 9.3 | 73 | 3.5 | 268 | 12.8 | 61 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
38 | Friend, John | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
24 | Gilmore, Tony | 12 | 159 | 13.3 | 10 | 0.8 | 169 | 14.1 | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
35 | Goggin, Bill | 21 | 400 | 19.0 | 76 | 3.6 | 476 | 22.7 | 75 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 0.5 | 21 | 87 | ||
22 | Hampshire, Ian | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 82 | 5.5 | 212 | 14.1 | 86 | 5.7 | 183 | 12.2 | 27 | 40 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 14 | ||
32 | Harris, David | 22 | 318 | 14.5 | 51 | 2.3 | 369 | 16.8 | 55 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 64 | 81 | 12 | 0.5 | 11 | 83 | ||
13 | Haynes, Ray | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 6 | 3.0 | 27 | 13.5 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
36 | Kline, Jeff | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 14 | 1.4 | 97 | 9.7 | 8 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0.3 | 1 | 19 | ||
34 | Linke, Graeme | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 20 | 1.8 | 141 | 12.8 | 49 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | Linke, Peter | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 34 | 6.8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | Martella, Brian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | McCarthy, Shane | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | Mitchell, Chris | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 44 | 11.0 | 18 | 4.5 | 28 | 7.0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 | ||
33 | Nankervis, Bruce | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 8 | 2.0 | 19 | 4.8 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
40 | Nankervis, Ian | 12 | 162 | 13.5 | 48 | 4.0 | 210 | 17.5 | 43 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 0.6 | 10 | 52 | ||
3 | Newland, Ken | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 106 | 7.6 | 229 | 16.4 | 67 | 4.8 | 40 | 2.9 | 27 | 35 | 16 | 1.1 | 15 | 111 | ||
17 | Newman, John 'Sam' | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 5.0 | 43 | 14.3 | 21 | 7.0 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | Palfreyman, Stewart | 21 | 260 | 12.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 269 | 12.8 | 71 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
36 | Polinelli, Tony | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 30 | 15.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
29 | Reid, Gordon | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 14 | 2.8 | 76 | 15.2 | 16 | 3.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | Ryan, Bill | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 90 | 4.3 | 420 | 20.0 | 211 | 10.0 | 13 | 0.6 | 41 | 59 | 67 | 3.2 | 32 | 434 | ||
30 | Scarlett, John | 20 | 206 | 10.3 | 64 | 3.2 | 270 | 13.5 | 79 | 4.0 | 4 | 0.2 | 68 | 49 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 14 | ||
18 | Stephens, Peter | 13 | 108 | 8.3 | 36 | 2.8 | 144 | 11.1 | 43 | 3.3 | 24 | 1.8 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 1.0 | 10 | 88 | ||
20 | Stephenson, Doug | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 52 | 13.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 19 | ||
4 | Stevens, Phil | 13 | 111 | 8.5 | 20 | 1.5 | 131 | 10.1 | 23 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
7 | Stokes, Rod | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 10 | 2.0 | 47 | 9.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 6 | ||
28 | Strahan, Hugh | 20 | 268 | 13.4 | 41 | 2.1 | 309 | 15.5 | 101 | 5.1 | 19 | 1.0 | 49 | 28 | 13 | 0.7 | 6 | 84 | ||
23 | Wade, Doug | 19 | 169 | 8.9 | 29 | 1.5 | 198 | 10.4 | 104 | 5.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 40 | 41 | 94 | 4.9 | 44 | 608 | ||
34 | Walker, Peter | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 27 | 3.4 | 104 | 13.0 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | Woolnough, Mike | 18 | 278 | 15.4 | 47 | 2.6 | 325 | 18.1 | 67 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 46 | 37 | 8 | 0.4 | 9 | 57 | ||
12 | Wright, Jim | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 18 | 3.0 | 73 | 12.2 | 16 | 2.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 16 | ||
39 | Yates, Warwick | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 22 | 2.0 | 80 | 7.3 | 27 | 2.5 | 40 | 3.6 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 440 | 5129 | 11.7 | 1089 | 2.5 | 6218 | 14.1 | 1678 | 3.8 | 491 | 1.1 | 885 | 871 | 306 | 0.7 | 222 | 2058 |