1968 VFL Season 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 three of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (15.17.107) defeated Fitzroy (14.7.91).

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

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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