1968 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1968 between Richmond and Geelong during round three of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Paddy Guinane captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Richmond (10.15.75) were defeated by Geelong (17.21.123).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Thursday 25 April 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,115

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 10.15.75 - 17.21.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 3 7 . 6 8 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 14 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Margin RICH by 11 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 48 GEEL by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Paddy Guinane
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 6
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 2 1 20 19 1 1 1 2 0
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 0 0 1 1
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 1 0 2 2
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 9 0 1 0
21 Erwin, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 1 2 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 2 13 2 1
1 Guinane, Paddy (c) ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 3 0 2 0
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 3 0 2 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 21 1 5
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 2 3 2 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 4 14 11 3 7 1 0 1
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0
41 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 15 225 190 35 53 40 26 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 1 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 4 1 13 13 0 7 1 2 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 27 27 0 8 0 5 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 1 1
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 5 0 0 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 3 31 24 7 4 0 0 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 0 2
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 2 17 17 0 3 0 2 1
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 4 3 13 13 0 6 4 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 11 14 2 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 1 0 1 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 7 0 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 8 6 3 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 2 17 17 0 6 2 1 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 1 0 2 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 5 16 16 0 10 0 1 4
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 21 292 281 11 86 29 23 26

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