1966 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1966 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round one of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Noel Teasdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Alan Killigrew.

Footscray (11.9.75) were defeated by North Melbourne (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 25 April 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 24,428

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.9.75 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 5 . 4 7 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
North Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 6 13 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin NMLB by 27 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

North Melbourne

Captain: Noel Teasdale
Coach: Alan Killigrew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Brewer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 ? 2 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 ? 3 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 2 4 21 19 2 1 ? 5 3
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 3 ? 2 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 ? 0 0
17 Fanning, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 ? 1 3
29 Gray, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 ? 1 0
17 Hunter, Alan ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 ? 1 2
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 3 ? 4 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 ? 5 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 ? 0 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 0 17 17 0 3 ? 2 3
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 ? 0 0
2 Prior, Doug ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 5 ? 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 ? 3 0
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 ? 2 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 ? 0 0
34 Vosilaitis, Algy ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 2 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 ? 4 6
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 ? 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 9 229 200 29 58 0+ 37 28

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 2 3 17 13 4 1 ? 0 1
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 28 24 4 2 ? 2 1
10 Carr, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 ? 2 4
14 Davies, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 ? 0 1
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 ? 1 1
33 Delanty, Mike ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 0 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 1 ? 1 5
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 ? 0 3
29 Gaudion, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 ? 2 3
13 Goode, Frank ? ? 6 0 12 10 2 4 ? 1 1
3 Ibrahim, John ? ? 0 2 20 10 10 0 ? 0 1
22 Johnson, Bert ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 3 ? 4 3
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 ? 2 2
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 ? 3 1
16 Pascoe, Bob ? ? 3 0 11 8 3 2 ? 2 2
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 0
24 Rogers, Dave ? ? 0 3 14 10 4 3 ? 0 4
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 ? 0 0
2 Teasdale, Noel (c) ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 6 ? 4 1
32 Waddington, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 ? 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 9 255 207 48 46 0+ 27 38

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