1968 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1968 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round five of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Bill Barrot captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Miller and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

South Melbourne (8.10.58) were defeated by Richmond (13.25.103).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 17,828

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 8.10.58 - 13.25.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 2 7 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Richmond 2 . 1 6 . 7 11 . 19 13 . 25 13 . 25 (103)
Margin SMLB by 1 SMLB by 4 RICH by 35 RICH by 45 RICH by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Richmond

Captain: Bill Barrot
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 2 0 4 3
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 7 0 1 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 3 16 3 0
15 Bethke, Des ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 2 2 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 8 4 0
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 5 0 3 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 10 0 3 1
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 5 4 1 4
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 2 0 1 2
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 2 1
23 Luscombe, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 4 18 17 1 0 0 3 2
41 Mulligan, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 2
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 0 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 3 3
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 3 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 5 0 5 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 3 1 5
27 Wilcox, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 10 276 240 36 64 33 41 38

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill (c) ? ? 2 2 25 20 5 6 1 1 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 0 4 25 24 1 5 0 4 3
45 Beale, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 8 1 2 3
11 Bowden, Michael ? ? 0 2 21 12 9 3 0 5 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 3 0 3 0
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 2
35 Campbell, Blair ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 1 2 26 23 3 4 0 2 0
43 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 5 12 12 0 10 0 1 2
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 0 1
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 5 2 18 16 2 3 0 1 4
14 Murphy, Ted ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 1 1 1
9 Northey, John ? ? 2 3 19 13 6 2 0 3 4
46 Orchard, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 5 27 1 6
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 2 2
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 3 18 15 3 7 16 4 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 4 0 4 2
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 25 320 247 73 75 47 38 41

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