1967 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1967 between Melbourne and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (7.12.54) defeated Footscray (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 August 1967
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,039

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 7.12.54 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 5 3 . 8 4 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Footscray 0 . 4 1 . 7 5 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 13 FOOT by 5 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 12 0 2 2
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 0 0
23 Bowden, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 1 1 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 3
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 6 2 0 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 31 27 4 5 0 5 3
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 2
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 0
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 15 2 2
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 2 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 3 2
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 3 1
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 2 1 24 20 4 6 0 4 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 3 14 12 2 3 0 1 3
4 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 19 10 9 4 0 0 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 10 3 1
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 12 290 236 54 76 29 32 28

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 1 22 18 4 2 0 4 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 1 0
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 3
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 3 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 4 13 1 4
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 1 3 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 4
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 8 1 3 5
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 0 2 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 3 9 8 1 3 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 1 1
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 14 0 1
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 2 29 25 4 3 0 5 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 3
41 Walsh, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 4 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 9 264 227 37 73 29 28 32

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