1968 VFL Season Round 5: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1968 between Carlton and Footscray during round five of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Carlton (16.15.111) defeated Footscray (5.9.39).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 14,713

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 16.15.111 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 3 9 . 7 13 . 11 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Footscray 1 . 2 2 . 4 3 . 9 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin CARL by 31 CARL by 45 CARL by 62 CARL by 72 CARL by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Ron Barassi

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 0
24 Board, Terry ? ? 2 3 22 19 3 5 0 1 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 1 0 2 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 2 26 20 6 8 0 5 3
38 Edmond, Bob ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 10 3 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 2 15 15 0 3 0 2 2
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 2 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 3 0 2 1
16 Kekovich, Brian ? ? 6 2 12 11 1 5 0 0 0
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 2
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 3 16 12 4 4 29 1 3
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 3 0 11 9 2 0 0 3 2
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 2 7
37 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 0 2
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 4 1 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 1 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 292 245 47 74 43 30 35

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 1 0 8 2
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 1 3
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 5 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 6 0 0 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 5 0 1
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 1 0 1 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 4 3
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 3
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 2 0 2 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 1 1
12 Percy, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 0 2
32 Pleitner, Bryan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 3
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 9 17 3 1
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 7 3 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 4 0 4 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 3 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 9 242 216 26 59 31 35 30

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