1967 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 3 June 1967 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (7.15.57) were defeated by Fitzroy (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 3 June 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,727

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 7.15.57 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 4 . 10 6 . 14 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FITZ by 5 FITZ by 13 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. King

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 3 0 0 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 0 0 5 5
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 4 1
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 1 0 3 5
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 2 6 3 4
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 8 2 1 6
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 1
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 4 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 2 0 6 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 5 2 2 5
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 3
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 6 3
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 8 11 2 3
21 Shanahan, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 2 2 18 16 2 9 4 4 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 5 22 18 4 10 1 3 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 15 261 228 33 73 26 49 54

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 4 0 3 5
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 0 0 2 3
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 13 7 3
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 2
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 4 1 5 2
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 4
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 1 0 3 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 3 5
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 2 13 13 0 1 0 4 1
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 5 1 5
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 3 0 6 7
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 2 4 3
24 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 5 1 17 14 3 8 1 3 2
15 Sykes, David ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 5 1 1 0
8 Telford, Dick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 3 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 257 218 39 53 23 54 49

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