1967 VFL Season Round 5: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1967 between Footscray and Melbourne during round five of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (12.11.83) defeated Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,818

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 12.11.83 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 6 6 . 8 10 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Melbourne 2 . 1 6 . 4 6 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin FOOT by 17 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMaster

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 5 0 1 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 3 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 4 0 3 3
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 5
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 3 9 8 1 7 10 1 5
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 1 1 5
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 10 0 1 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 4 0 0 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
40 Peters, Garry ? ? 0 3 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 0 5 1 1
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 9 13 3 4
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 2 1 20 20 0 1 0 3 4
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 10 6 1 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 5 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 11 248 216 32 74 35 27 39

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 3 2
23 Bowden, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 3 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 4 0 2 2
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 4 0 2 0
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 2 2 22 16 6 2 0 3 1
39 Feldmann, Rick ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 1
1 Foster, Rob ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 3 1 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 8 3 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 1 0 4 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 2 0 5 3
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 0
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 1 0 2 2
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
4 Smith, Peter ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 3 0 2 2
2 Stewart, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 4 0 1 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 1 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 10 244 208 36 47 12 38 27

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