1968 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1968 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round two of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Fitzroy (14.16.100) defeated Collingwood (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 20 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,799

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Collingwood
Score: 14.16.100 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 4 7 . 7 13 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Collingwood 1 . 1 4 . 6 7 . 7 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FITZ by 21 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 40 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Collingwood

Captain: Terry Waters (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. King

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 0 2 5 2
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 0
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 18 4 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 0 1
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 1 0 5 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 2 2 1 1
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 4 0 3 1
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 2 8 2 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 3 2 22 21 1 4 0 2 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 5 1 2 3
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 2 0 1 6
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 1 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 0 0 3 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 0
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 9 0 0 0
24 Walford, Bill ? ? 3 2 17 13 4 4 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 16 290 235 55 57 32 38 28

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 3 7 1 5
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 1 0 2 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 6 0 2 0
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 1 4 14 13 1 5 0 3 1
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 0
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 7 1
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 6 0 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 4 19 4 2
34 Le Gassick, Dennis ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 2 0 4 3
20 Montgomery, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 0
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 1
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 3 0 2 6
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 15 1 3
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
32 Wallis, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 3 1 16 15 1 9 0 1 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 5 0 2 0
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 11 234 209 25 65 47 31 35

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