1967 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1967 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round three of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Footscray (6.5.41) were defeated by South Melbourne (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 April 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,283

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 6.5.41 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 1 3 . 1 4 . 2 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
South Melbourne 1 . 5 2 . 9 8 . 13 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin FOOT by 2 SMLB by 2 SMLB by 35 SMLB by 38 SMLB by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Blew

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 1 29 22 7 1 0 4 4
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 0 0 2 3
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 1 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 1 4
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 3 2 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 0 6 3
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 3 0
23 O'Connor, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 2
26 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
2 Prior, Doug ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 2 2 3 3
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 15 2 0
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 0 0 5 3
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 15 2 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 9 0 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 5 257 221 36 38 40 46 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 16 1 2
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 14 2 2
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 5 0 1 2
45 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 3
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 0 1 0 2
21 Heriot, John ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 0
7 John, Graeme ? ? 4 1 18 15 3 4 1 4 4
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 4 4
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 4 0 0 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 0 0 2 4
41 Mulligan, Mick ? ? 3 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 2
11 Papley, Max ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 5 0 4 3
47 Pasquill, Clive ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 0
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 2 0 4 4
44 Roche, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 0 0 2 4
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 4 18 15 3 2 0 6 4
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 6 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 249 209 40 43 38 39 44

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