1968 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1968 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Melbourne (14.10.94) defeated Fitzroy (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Monday 15 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,064

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 9 . 4 11 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Fitzroy 6 . 2 7 . 8 9 . 12 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin FITZ by 11 MELB by 8 MELB by 8 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Boundary Umpires

K. Mitchell

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 1 1 1
17 Clarke, Kelvin ? ? 3 2 15 12 3 1 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 3 11 10 1 5 0 2 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 2
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 4 1
27 Forster, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 5
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 9 6 2 3
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 6 4 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 3
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 1 1 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 1
21 Lees, Ted ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 4 2 4 2
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 3 0 23 22 1 5 1 2 3
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 9 0 0 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 4 0 1 3
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 0 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 2 12 1 2
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 10 266 221 45 71 30 29 30

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 1
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 4 3 3
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 4 11 1 2
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 3 0 6 2
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 8 0 0 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 4 7 12 12 0 6 0 2 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 3 0 2 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 3 0 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 3 0 5 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 2 23 16 7 4 4 1 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 2 0 2 0
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 2 1 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 2 0 1 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 5
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 2 15 8 7 8 1 0 3
24 Walford, Bill ? ? 4 1 18 17 1 5 0 2 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 18 295 241 54 80 25 30 29

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