1966 VFL Round 1: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1966 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 1 of the 1966 VFL season.
South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval.
Bob Skilton captained the hosts.
Ralph Rogerson captained the visitors with John Hayes as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.
South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), K. Barnes, D. Bethke, J. Bray, G. Davey, I. Davison, A. Dunn, P. Harrison, B. Kingston, R. Lucev, S. Magee, H. Matthews, N. Orange, M. Papley, G. Parker, J. Rantall, A. Robertson, T. Somerville, J. Sudholz, F. Way
Fitzroy
R. Rogerson (capt.), J. Hayes (vice-capt.), M. Andrews, B. Beattie, N. Brown, B. Carroll, P. Corkran, W. Eastman, B. Hackwill, D. Hellings, B. Hepper, C. Hobbs, J. Kemp, G. Lazarus, A. Lynch, I. McCrae, J. Newnham, P. O'Brien, D. Peoples, P. Wood
South Melbourne (16.19.115) defeated Fitzroy (9.8.62).
Goalkickers
South Melbourne: B. Skilton (4), B. Kingston (3), A. Robertson (3), J. Sudholz (3), A. Dunn (2), S. Magee
Fitzroy: J. Kemp (4), G. Lazarus (3), N. Brown, I. McCrae
As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1966 VFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
South Melbourne
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 23 April 1966
Time:
2:20 PM
Venue:
Lakeside Oval
Attendance:
22,653
Match Results
Outcome:
South Melbourne
def.
Fitzroy
Score:
16.19.115 - 9.8.62
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne | 4 | . | 1 | 8 | . | 7 | 12 | . | 12 | 16 | . | 19 | 16 | . | 19 | (115) |
| Fitzroy | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 7 | 9 | . | 8 | 9 | . | 8 | (62) |
| Margin | SMLB by 11 | SMLB by 26 | SMLB by 41 | SMLB by 53 | SMLB by 53 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Bob Skilton
(South Melbourne),
Bill Stephen
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Bob Skilton
(South Melbourne),
Ralph Rogerson
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(South Melbourne),
John Hayes
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
R. Grant
Player Statistics
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Barnes, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Bethke, Des | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Bray, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Davey, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Davison, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Dunn, Albie | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | ? | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | Harrison, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Kingston, Bob | ? | ? | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 8 | ? | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Lucev, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 7 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Magee, Stuart | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 6 | ? | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Matthews, Herbie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Orange, Noel | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Papley, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 4 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 41 | Parker, Glen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Rantall, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Robertson, Austin | ? | ? | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Skilton, Bob (c) | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 6 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Somerville, Trevor | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Sudholz, John | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Way, Fred | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 19 | 287 | 237 | 50 | 74 | 0+ | 35 | 27 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Andrews, Mike | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Beattie, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ? | 1 | 6 |
| 23 | Brown, Norm | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Carroll, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | ? | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Corkran, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Eastman, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Hackwill, Brendon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Hayes, John (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Hellings, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Hepper, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 5 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Hobbs, Colin | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Kemp, Jim | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Lazarus, Gary | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Lynch, Allen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | McCrae, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Newnham, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | O'Brien, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Peoples, Daryl | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Rogerson, Ralph (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | ? | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | Wood, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 8 | 242 | 207 | 35 | 58 | 0+ | 27 | 35 | |||