1968 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1968 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round one of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. John Dugdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Footscray (9.18.72) were defeated by North Melbourne (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 15 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,625

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.18.72 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 8 7 . 10 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
North Melbourne 3 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 10 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin NMLB by 6 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
34 Bean, Graeme ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 25 22 3 3 0 3 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 0
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 1 2
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 1 6 11 11 0 5 0 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 15 2 1
28 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 0
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 3 1 3
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 4
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 2 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 1 1 3
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 1 0 0 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 1 4 4
32 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 9 0 2 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 1 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 21 4 3
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 4 4 27 26 1 2 0 4 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 3 19 17 2 4 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 18 265 232 33 67 41 34 30

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 4 2
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 3
Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 4 1 3 3
21 Davies, Ray ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 1 23 22 1 6 0 4 3
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 1 0 2 4
14 Evans, Mick ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 4 1 4 0
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 5 1 7 7 0 6 0 0 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 1 2 12 12 0 4 1 4 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 19 1 3
33 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Hughes, Rod ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 6 3 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 3 1 2
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 3 2 4
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 0 1
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 8 0 1 2
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 1 0
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 2 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 10 254 230 24 70 34 30 34

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