1968 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1968 between Carlton and Geelong during round one of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Carlton (13.22.100) defeated Geelong (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Monday 15 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 30,096

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 13.22.100 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 2 3 . 10 9 . 15 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Geelong 2 . 1 3 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin GEEL by 5 CARL by 8 CARL by 32 CARL by 46 CARL by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 7 0 3 2
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 3 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 7 0 3 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 2 0 2 2
38 Edmond, Bob ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 4 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 5 24 21 3 5 0 2 2
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 8 0 1 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 3 0 1 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 2 14 8 6 7 24 2 1
16 Kekovich, Brian ? ? 3 3 12 10 2 2 0 2 4
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 1 1 0
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 1
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 1 3 18 17 1 2 0 1 1
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 28 2 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 6 0 1 0
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 4 2 12 12 0 3 0 1 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 1 1 1
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 6 0 4 2
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 22 283 245 38 83 54 38 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 2 0 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 7 0 5 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 1 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 1 0 3 3
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 0 2
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 3 15 14 1 1 1 0 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 0 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 1 0 1 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 11 1 4
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 2 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 2 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 8 3 2 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 2 2
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 2 2 19 15 4 7 0 0 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 2 1 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 12 269 226 43 61 23 23 38

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