1968 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1968 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round four of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Fitzroy (13.19.97) defeated Footscray (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 4 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,425

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Footscray
Score: 13.19.97 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 18 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Footscray 1 . 3 5 . 8 8 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin FITZ by 26 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 3 3
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 18 1 4
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 0 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 15 0 3
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 4 4
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 2 4 18 12 6 2 1 3 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 3 20 12 8 1 0 1 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 3 0 1 2
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 1 5 1 3
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 34 30 4 3 0 5 2
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 27 18 9 2 4 6 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 4 4 23 21 2 2 0 6 1
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 2
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 7 1 1 1
24 Walford, Bill ? ? 0 3 17 14 3 7 0 0 2
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 6 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 19 287 224 63 57 45 34 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 1 0 4 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 1 1
27 Chalmers, Graeme ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 2
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 1 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 4 0 1 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 6 0 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 5 2 3
45 Harvey, Brian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 2
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 3 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 4 0 5 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 6 2 4 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 6 4
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 7 17 1 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 2 4
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 4 3 10 9 1 5 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 13 216 201 15 66 30 34 34

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