1968 VFL Round 1: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1968 between Collingwood and Richmond during round 1 of the 1968 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Richmond at Victoria Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), L. Adamson, T. Alexander, C. Britt, R. Dunne, B. Farmer, L. Hill, E. Hug, G. Jenkin, D. Le Gassick, P. McKenna, I. Montgomery, P. Patterson, T. Potter, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, C. Tully, G. Wallis, R. Watt, S. Whelan

Richmond
R. Dean (capt.), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett, F. Bourke, B. Brown, G. Burgin, B. Campbell, D. Clay, M. Erwin, M. Green, P. Guinane, R. Hart, T. Jewell, E. Moore, J. Northey, M. Patterson, M. Perry, A. Richardson, B. Richardson, K. Shinners

Collingwood (10.12.72) were defeated by Richmond (11.22.88).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: B. Farmer (2), W. Richardson (2), C. Britt, R. Dunne, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, C. Tully, G. Wallis
Richmond: B. Brown (4), P. Guinane (3), J. Northey (2), B. Barrot, K. Bartlett

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 8th on the ladder and Richmond were then 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Monday 15 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 37,018

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Richmond
Score: 10.12.72 - 11.22.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Richmond 2 . 5 3 . 11 10 . 16 11 . 22 11 . 22 (88)
Margin RICH by 2 COLL by 12 RICH by 31 RICH by 16 RICH by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Tom Hafey (Richmond)
Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), Roger Dean (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 4 2
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 5 0 0 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 2
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 2 2 4
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 4 24 21 3 11 17 2 3
34 Le Gassick, Dennis ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 3 0 1 3
20 Montgomery, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 0
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 2 1
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 0
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 2 21 20 1 2 1 3 1
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 12 3 6
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 3 0
32 Wallis, Gary ? ? 1 2 21 20 1 3 0 3 1
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 0 1 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 3 0
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 12 236 216 20 71 32 36 34

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 1 0 2 7
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 1 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 3 13 11 2 4 0 2 5
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 4 4 17 16 1 0 0 2 1
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2
35 Campbell, Blair ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 2 1
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 2
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 3 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 17 1 1
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 3 2 5 5 0 1 0 2 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 7 0 1 1
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 3 13 13 0 4 0 1 2
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 1 21 5 1
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 2
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 2 4 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 2
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 22 218 193 25 54 40 33 36

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