1968 Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday, August 10th, 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,733
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.14.74 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 5 . 8 7 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Footscray 4 . 0 5 . 3 8 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin MEL by 8 MEL by 5 FOO by 3 MEL by 9 MEL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): John Beckwith (Melbourne), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captain(s): Hassa Mann (Melbourne), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Don Jolley
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - unknown/invalid 2 - unknown/invalid 1 - unknown/invalid

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 1 2 2
40 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 1 5
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 1
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 12 4 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 7 0 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 0 0
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 5 0 3 0
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 3 2 26 19 7 8 0 1 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 9 0 2 1
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 2 2
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 3 23 22 1 3 0 2 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 2 0 3 2
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 4 9 5 2
Rushed 0
Total 10 14 273 230 43 76 29 32 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Bean, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 4 0 4 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 2 1 3 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 0 1
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 0 0 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 2 3 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 4 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 5 0 2 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 4 0 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 3 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 6 0 1 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 3
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 15 1 6
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 3 0 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 31 27 4 11 0 2 2
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 3 1 3
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 2 4 28 20 8 10 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total 9 11 278 240 38 91 25 30 32

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
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Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton

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