1968 VFL Round 3: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1968 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 3 of the 1968 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

North Melbourne
J. Dugdale (capt.), T. Allison, B. Backhouse, T. Benton, M. Dowdle, L. Dwyer, D. Farrant, G. Farrant, M. Howell, R. Hughes, B. Johnson, R. Johnston, A. Karanicolas, B. McCarthy, D. McGrath, D. O'Brien, D. Pagan, P. Steward, R. Taylor, M. Wood

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, N. Brown, M. Cole, R. Crow, W. Eastman, R. Enbom, D. Hellings, C. Hobbs, G. Lazarus, I. McCrae, T. McGregor, B. McKenzie, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, P. O'Brien, B. Padley, D. Peoples, A. Ruscuklic, B. Walford

North Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated Fitzroy (14.7.91).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: D. Farrant (4), T. Allison (3), B. Backhouse (2), A. Karanicolas (2), L. Dwyer, M. Howell, B. Johnson, R. Taylor
Fitzroy: G. Lazarus (6), B. Walford (2), I. McCrae, T. McGregor, J. Newnham, B. Padley, D. Peoples, A. Ruscuklic

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Fitzroy were then 9th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,122

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.17.107 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	5	.	9	9	.	13	14	.	14	15	.	17	15	.	17	(107)
Fitzroy	2	.	2	6	.	3	9	.	4	14	.	7	14	.	7	(91)
Margin	NMLB by 25			NMLB by 28			NMLB by 40			NMLB by 16			NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Keith McKenzie (North Melbourne), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: John Dugdale (North Melbourne), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
18	Allison, Tom	?	?	3	1	19	16	3	7	0	0	2
21	Backhouse, Brian	?	?	2	2	19	17	2	4	0	3	1
23	Benton, Terry	?	?	0	0	15	14	1	3	0	1	1
11	Dowdle, Mick	?	?	0	0	22	19	3	4	0	2	1
6	Dugdale, John (c)	?	?	0	0	18	16	2	5	0	2	1
27	Dwyer, Laurie	?	?	1	1	21	19	2	7	0	1	2
16	Farrant, Doug	?	?	4	2	11	8	3	5	0	0	1
7	Farrant, Garry	?	?	0	2	16	15	1	2	0	2	0
33	Howell, Mick	?	?	1	0	8	6	2	4	19	0	2
31	Hughes, Rod	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	2	0	2	2
22	Johnson, Bert	?	?	1	0	13	10	3	2	0	2	0
34	Johnston, Ray	?	?	0	0	22	17	5	8	10	2	1
20	Karanicolas, Arthur	?	?	2	2	21	15	6	1	0	1	2
1	McCarthy, Bernie	?	?	0	2	15	10	5	7	0	1	2
8	McGrath, Dennis	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	3	0	0
12	O'Brien, Daryl	?	?	0	0	19	19	0	1	2	0	3
26	Pagan, Denis	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	0	2
15	Steward, Peter	?	?	0	0	19	18	1	8	0	0	0
2	Taylor, Ray	?	?	1	3	15	12	3	4	0	0	1
25	Wood, Maurie	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	3	0	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				15	17	309	260	49	81	34	19	25

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
3	Andrews, Mike	?	?	0	0	17	16	1	5	0	3	1
23	Brown, Norm	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	3	32	0	0
12	Cole, Max	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	3	0	0	1
32	Crow, Russell	?	?	0	0	18	16	2	5	20	2	1
6	Eastman, Wayne	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	3	0	0	0
28	Enbom, Ross	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	2	0	0
2	Hellings, Doug	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	2	0	1	1
25	Hobbs, Colin	?	?	0	0	16	16	0	4	0	2	1
31	Lazarus, Gary	?	?	6	2	15	13	2	6	0	2	2
7	McCrae, Ian	?	?	1	0	12	10	2	1	0	1	0
9	McGregor, Treva	?	?	1	0	20	15	5	4	0	1	1
4	McKenzie, Barry	?	?	0	1	6	6	0	3	6	1	0
5	Murphy, John	?	?	0	2	27	24	3	4	0	1	0
1	Murray, Kevin (c)	?	?	0	1	22	18	4	2	0	4	0
20	Newnham, John	?	?	1	1	20	18	2	0	0	2	2
17	O'Brien, Paul	?	?	0	0	23	14	9	2	0	1	3
14	Padley, Barry	?	?	1	0	14	12	2	2	0	3	0
16	Peoples, Daryl	?	?	1	0	10	7	3	3	0	1	3
12	Ruscuklic, Alex	?	?	1	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	2
24	Walford, Bill	?	?	2	0	9	7	2	0	0	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				14	7	278	228	50	54	60	25	20

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

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