1968 VFL Season Round 6: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1968 between Footscray and Melbourne during round six of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Tassie Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Footscray (13.7.85) defeated Melbourne (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,441

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 13.7.85 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 8 . 6 10 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Melbourne 1 . 2 2 . 6 6 . 8 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin FOOT by 11 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Perkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 4 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 2 0 2 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 5 0 3 2
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 2 1 15 14 1 5 0 0 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 4 1
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 0
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 5 3 4 6
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 0 1
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 29 27 2 5 0 5 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 6 0 4 5
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 3 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 2
12 Percy, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 0 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 16 1 4
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 5 9 1 4
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 6 0 2 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 2 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 7 262 233 29 65 32 33 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 0
38 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 4 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 3 0 6 3
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 7 1 4
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 0 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 5 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 3 0 2 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 7 0 2 3
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 2 18 18 0 2 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 4 4
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 3 1 0 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 1 14 14 0 4 0 2 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 2 5 1 2
25 Whitton, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 16 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 12 241 216 25 57 29 34 33

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