1966 VFL Round 12: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1966 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round 12 of the 1966 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Noel Teasdale captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Killigrew and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

North Melbourne
N. Teasdale (capt.), B. Allan, T. Allison, T. Benton, A. Carr, K. Dean, M. Dowdle, J. Dugdale, L. Dwyer, M. Gaudion, B. Goode, F. Goode, J. Ibrahim, A. Karanicolas, B. McAuliffe, B. McCarthy, D. O'Brien, M. Quade, P. Steward, J. Waddington

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, G. Chalmers, J. Charles, D. Darcy, K. Delmenico, N. Fincher, K. Jackman, J. Jillard, A. Mannix, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, R. O'Connor, B. Pleitner, L. Sandilands, J. Schultz, P. Shanahan, D. Thorpe

North Melbourne (10.15.75) defeated Footscray (6.6.42).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Dowdle (3), F. Goode (3), T. Allison, K. Dean, L. Dwyer, M. Quade
Footscray: B. Pleitner (2), G. Chalmers, J. Charles, K. Jackman, A. Mannix

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Footscray remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 July 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,319

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.15.75 - 6.6.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 5 4 . 9 7 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Footscray 3 . 2 5 . 4 5 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 1 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 33 NMLB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alan Killigrew (North Melbourne), Ted Whitten (Footscray)
Captains: Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Blew

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Allan, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 2 0 1
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 7 0 1 2
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 1
10 Carr, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Dean, Ken ? ? 1 3 19 19 0 3 1 4 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 3 6 25 23 2 3 0 4 2
6 Dugdale, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 0 0 4 2
29 Gaudion, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 3 1
26 Goode, Bob ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 0
13 Goode, Frank ? ? 3 1 6 6 0 3 0 0 1
3 Ibrahim, John ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 5
20 Karanicolas, Arthur ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 2 3
28 McAuliffe, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 5 0 1 4
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 2
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 12 1 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 5 0 3 1
2 Teasdale, Noel (c) ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 13 1 4
32 Waddington, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 15 262 232 30 50 28 30 36

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 2 0 1 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 4 1
24 Charles, John ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 4 1 0 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 1 0 0
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 2
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 2 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 4 0 1 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 4 0 3 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 5 1 3 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 2 2
23 O'Connor, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 1 6 2 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 26 6 4
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 2 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 6 235 214 21 55 37 35 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