1966 VFL Season 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 one of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (16.19.115) defeated Fitzroy (9.8.62).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Bob Skilton

Fitzroy

Captain: Ralph Rogerson
Vice-Captain: John Hayes
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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