1968 VFL Round 2: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1968 between Geelong and Footscray during round 2 of the 1968 VFL season. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, W. Closter, T. Farman, K. Gladman, I. Hampshire, R. Hosking, G. Hynes, D. Marshall, K. Newland, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, J. Sharrock, P. Stevens, D. Wade, P. Walker

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bean, G. Bisset, I. Bryant, F. Cook, L. Cumming, D. Darcy, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, J. Jillard, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, D. Patterson, B. Pleitner, J. Reilly, L. Sandilands, J. Schultz, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe

Geelong (9.17.71) defeated Footscray (6.11.47).

Goalkickers
Geelong: K. Newland (3), G. Andrews (2), G. Ainsworth, G. Hynes, T. Polinelli, D. Wade
Footscray: T. Whitten (2), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, I. Marsh, D. McKenzie

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Footscray were then 12th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,589

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 9.17.71 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 8 2 . 9 4 . 11 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Footscray 2 . 3 3 . 8 5 . 10 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin GEEL by 5 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 5 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Charlie Sutton (Footscray)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Marks

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 2 5
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 24 21 3 6 0 3 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 0 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 2 27 22 5 2 0 1 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 7 0 3
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 0 1
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 1 1 20 20 0 2 0 2 4
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 2 11 11 0 3 0 1 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 23 2 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 0 21 20 1 2 0 4 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 4 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 8 3 1 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 4 0 2 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 5 13 11 2 6 0 2 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 17 296 249 47 71 37 25 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
34 Bean, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 28 21 7 2 0 3 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 7 0 3 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 0
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 1 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 3 0 2 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 5 12 0 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 2 2 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 8 4 3 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 4 2
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 0 1
26 Patterson, Dallas ? ? 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 0
32 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 26 25 1 2 0 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 2 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 18 2 2
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 0 3 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 7 0 5 3
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 11 267 216 51 79 36 37 25

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