1968 VFL Round 3: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1968 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round 3 of the 1968 VFL season.
Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval.
Ted Whitten captained the hosts.
Graham Arthur captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.
Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, G. Chalmers, F. Cook, L. Cumming, D. Darcy, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, B. Harvey, J. Jillard, A. Mannix, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, B. Pleitner, J. Reilly, J. Schultz, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe
Hawthorn
Back:
D. Parkin, R. Devenish-Meares, M. Blood
Half-back:
T. Johnson, N. Bussell, D. Jenkins
Centre:
D. Meagher, B. Keddie, P. Chilton
Half-forward:
G. Angus, T. Gay, G. Arthur (capt.)
Forward:
J. Gardner, P. Hudson, J. Fisher
Follower:
K. Beck, D. Scott, P. Crimmins
Sub.:
L. Morton, R. Poole
Footscray (14.10.94) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.9.105).
Goalkickers
Footscray: T. Whitten (5), D. Darcy (4), G. Bisset (3), G. Chalmers, I. Marsh
Hawthorn: P. Hudson (8), G. Angus (2), T. Gay (2), D. Parkin (2), P. Crimmins, B. Keddie
As a result of this match, Footscray were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Hawthorn were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1968 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
Footscray
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 27 April 1968
Time:
2:20 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
14,054
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Footscray | 2 | . | 0 | 7 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 7 | 14 | . | 10 | 14 | . | 10 | (94) |
| Hawthorn | 5 | . | 1 | 7 | . | 2 | 15 | . | 9 | 16 | . | 9 | 16 | . | 9 | (105) |
| Margin | HWTH by 19 | FOOT by 4 | HWTH by 38 | HWTH by 11 | HWTH by 11 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Coaches:
Charlie Sutton
(Footscray),
John Kennedy
(Hawthorn)
Captains:
Ted Whitten
(Footscray),
Graham Arthur
(Hawthorn)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Crouch
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 6 | Bisset, George | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Bryant, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Chalmers, Graeme | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | Cook, Fred | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | Cumming, Len | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Darcy, David | ? | ? | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Dempsey, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Greenwood, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 45 | Harvey, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Jillard, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Mannix, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Marsh, Ivan | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | McGowan, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | McKenzie, Don | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Pleitner, Bryan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Reilly, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Schultz, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 36 | Spargo, Ricky | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Thorpe, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted (c) | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 10 | 250 | 225 | 25 | 66 | 43 | 35 | 35 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
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| 35 | Angus, Geoff | HFFL | ? | 2 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Arthur, Graham (c) | HFFR | ? | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Beck, Ken | RU | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Blood, Michael | BPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Bussell, Norm | CHB | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Chilton, Peter | WR↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Crimmins, Peter | RO | ? | 1 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Devenish-Meares, Rochford | FB | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Fisher, John | FPR | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Gardner, John | FPL | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Gay, Terry | CHF | ? | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 26 | Hudson, Peter | FF | ? | 8 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Jenkins, Dennis | HBFR↓ | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Johnson, Ted | HBFL | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Keddie, Bob | C | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 30 | Meagher, Des | WL | ? | 0 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | Morton, Lance | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Parkin, David | BPL | ? | 2 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Poole, Reg | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Scott, Don | RR | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 9 | 270 | 237 | 33 | 52 | 56 | 35 | 35 | |||
R. Poole replaced P. Chilton during the first quarter.
L. Morton replaced D. Jenkins during the fourth quarter.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 27 | D. Parkin | 24 | R. Devenish-Meares | 15 | M. Blood |
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| 19 | T. Johnson | 16 | N. Bussell | 13 | D. Jenkins |
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| 30 | D. Meagher | 33 | B. Keddie | 3 | P. Chilton |
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| 35 | G. Angus | 28 | T. Gay | 2 | G. Arthur (c) | 5 | P. Crimmins |
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| 14 | J. Gardner | 26 | P. Hudson | 6 | J. Fisher |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: John Kennedy | ||||||||||||||