1966 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1966 between Footscray and Melbourne during round eight of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Bryan Kenneally captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Findlay and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (11.5.71) defeated Melbourne (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 June 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,983

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 11.5.71 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 5 . 2 5 . 2 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Melbourne 3 . 1 3 . 3 7 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin MELB by 19 FOOT by 11 MELB by 16 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Findlay (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Bryan Kenneally
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Beattie, Barrie ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 25 23 2 1 0 4 2
20 Bradley, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 5 1
12 Burgess, Ted ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 3 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 7 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 2
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 2 0 4 5
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 3 0 15 12 3 0 0 7 4
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 3 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 1 2 4
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 3 0 3 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 12 3 3
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 1 0 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 40 1 7
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 3 2
1 Zeuschner, Murray ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 1 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 5 268 244 24 49 55 41 44

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 3
46 Bowden, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 2
38 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 2 2 9 9 0 3 0 2 2
39 Feldmann, Rick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 4 4 2 2
41 Hamilton, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 3
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 4 20 4 2
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 16 3 3
50 Jungwirth, Ken ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 2 0 2 2
22 Kenneally, Bryan (c) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 0 4 1
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 4 0 5 4
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 4 1
45 Quirk, John ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 2 0 1 0
25 Rattray, Kerry ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 2
30 Rowe, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 2 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 4 1 3 4
26 Vearing, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 1 2
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 2 3 3
40 Wynd, Garrey ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 8 262 238 24 47 43 45 42

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