1966 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1966 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round twelve of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. John Hayes captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Fitzroy (8.5.53) were defeated by South Melbourne (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 July 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.5.53 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fitzroy	4	.	0	7	.	1	8	.	3	8	.	5	8	.	5	(53)
South Melbourne	4	.	4	5	.	6	6	.	13	10	.	15	10	.	15	(75)
Margin	SMLB by 4			FITZ by 7			FITZ by 2			SMLB by 22			SMLB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: John Hayes
Coach: Bill Stephen

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
3	Andrews, Mike	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	3	0	2	6
5	Bond, Colin	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	0	0	2	2
29	Booth, John	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	1	0	0	4
23	Brown, Norm	?	?	0	0	24	20	4	5	16	3	4
12	Calverley, Ray	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	1	0	0	1
39	Carey, George	?	?	1	0	11	9	2	3	0	3	1
14	Cromarty, Russell	?	?	2	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1
6	Eastman, Wayne	?	?	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	1
18	Ellis, Kingsley	?	?	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	Hackwill, Brendon	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	2	8	0	1
15	Hayes, John (c)	?	?	0	0	28	28	0	9	0	3	2
2	Hellings, Doug	?	?	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	4	1
25	Hobbs, Colin	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	1	0	2	1
31	Lazarus, Gary	?	?	3	1	11	9	2	0	1	2	2
11	Lynch, Allen	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	0	2	0	1
7	McCrae, Ian	?	?	0	0	23	19	4	0	0	3	0
20	Newnham, John	?	?	0	1	22	20	2	1	0	3	2
51	Oakley, Kevin	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	1	0	1	2
17	O'Brien, Paul	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	2	9	1	2
30	Wood, Peter	?	?	1	0	11	10	1	2	0	5	0
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				8	5	229	199	30	32	36	36	34

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
27	Batch, Kevin	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Bethke, Des	?	?	2	2	13	11	2	3	1	4	3
23	Bray, Jeff	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	1	2
29	Davison, Ian	?	?	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	0
10	Dunn, Albie	?	?	2	2	18	15	3	0	0	2	2
21	Heriot, John	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	2	0	0	1
23	Kingston, Bob	?	?	1	1	6	6	0	2	5	1	4
8	Lucev, Ray	?	?	0	1	10	9	1	1	2	4	2
6	Magee, Stuart	?	?	1	2	32	26	6	4	0	5	4
2	Matthews, Herbie	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	4	0	1	1
26	Orange, Noel	?	?	0	0	9	9	0	2	0	1	3
11	Papley, Max	?	?	0	2	20	14	6	2	0	5	2
47	Pedrotti, Kevin	?	?	0	0	22	19	3	2	0	0	0
42	Phillips, Ken	?	?	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	Priest, Doug	?	?	0	0	9	9	0	3	0	1	3
35	Reilly, Elkin	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	3	11	1	5
16	Robertson, Austin	?	?	1	2	5	4	1	0	0	1	1
28	Sarich, Eric	?	?	0	0	26	16	10	8	0	2	2
14	Skilton, Bob (c)	?	?	3	0	38	29	9	7	0	3	1
30	Way, Fred	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	2	40	1	0
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				10	15	270	223	47	48	59	34	36

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

Links

1966 VFL Season

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