1968 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1968 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round three of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (14.10.94) were defeated by Hawthorn (16.9.105).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Hawthorn
Score: 14.10.94 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
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
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Hawthorn

Captain: Graham Arthur
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 D. Parkin 24 R. Devenish-Meares 15 M. Blood













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



19 T. Johnson 16 N. Bussell 13 D. Jenkins













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 D. Meagher 33 B. Keddie 3 P. Chilton









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 K. Beck 37 L. Morton
HALF-FORWARD 23 D. Scott 29 R. Poole
35 G. Angus 28 T. Gay 2 G. Arthur (c) 5 P. Crimmins











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 J. Gardner 26 P. Hudson 6 J. Fisher













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy