1966 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1966 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round ten of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Footscray (8.19.67) defeated South Melbourne (8.7.55).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 June 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,733

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 8.19.67 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 6 3 . 8 7 . 17 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
South Melbourne 0 . 1 6 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin FOOT by 23 SMLB by 14 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Perkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 4 32 26 6 2 0 2 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 3 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 0
32 Dark, Gary ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 6 1 1 1
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 1
17 Hunter, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 1
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 4 1 21 19 2 4 0 4 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 3 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 3 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 3 27 23 4 3 0 0 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 2 2
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 2 16 0 5
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 6 0 1 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 31 2 1
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 3 3
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 6 16 14 2 6 0 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 19 252 223 29 60 48 32 27

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Bray, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 4 7 1 1
22 Davey, Geoff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 1 2 14 14 0 3 0 1 0
38 Dore, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1
10 Dunn, Albie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 1
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 7 1 2 5
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 0 0
8 Lucev, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 2
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 1
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 1 1 23 22 1 2 0 2 2
26 Orange, Noel ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Pasquill, Clive ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
47 Pedrotti, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 2 1
16 Robertson, Austin ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 4
28 Sarich, Eric ? ? 3 0 23 17 6 10 0 2 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 12 1 2
34 Wilson, Eric ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 11 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 7 203 182 21 54 32 25 30

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