1968 VFL Round 7: Carlton v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1968 between Carlton and Collingwood during round 7 of the 1968 VFL season. Carlton hosted Collingwood at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Terry Waters as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Auchettl, T. Board, I. Collins, G. Crane, B. Crosswell, A. Gallagher, J. Goold, K. Hall, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, B. Kekovich, P. Kerr, W. Lofts, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, P. Smith, C. Stewart, R. Stone, R. Walls

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), T. Waters (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, P. Boyne, C. Britt, B. Farmer, J. Greening, L. Hill, E. Hug, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, D. O'Callaghan, P. Patterson, M. Pitt, T. Potter, W. Richardson, D. Searl, L. Thompson, C. Tully, R. Watt

Carlton (15.11.101) defeated Collingwood (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
Carlton: P. Jones (5), B. Kekovich (5), A. Gallagher (3), R. Auchettl, T. Board
Collingwood: B. Farmer (3), P. McKenna (2), W. Richardson, L. Thompson, D. Tuddenham, T. Waters

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Collingwood were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Carlton v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 25 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 25,912

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Collingwood
Score: 15.11.101 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Collingwood 1 . 7 3 . 9 7 . 12 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin CARL by 3 CARL by 35 CARL by 33 CARL by 34 CARL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Carlton), Bob Rose (Collingwood)
Captains: John Nicholls (Carlton), Des Tuddenham (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Terry Waters (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
41 Auchettl, Ron ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 4 1 2 4
24 Board, Terry ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 0
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 3 0 0 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 1 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 3 1 23 21 2 4 0 2 0
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 3 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 2 0 3 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 5 1 15 12 3 8 15 1 3
16 Kekovich, Brian ? ? 5 2 10 9 1 7 0 1 2
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 3
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 23 1 6
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 1 0 2 2
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 8 2 2 0
37 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
39 Stewart, Cliff ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 1
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 11 276 231 45 63 41 25 27

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 3
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 4
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 4 0 1 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 7 0 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 6 18 1 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 2 3 16 14 2 7 0 1 3
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 0
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 4 1
37 Pitt, Max ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 2 26 24 2 7 1 3 4
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 2 24 5 2
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 30 26 4 2 0 3 1
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 2 0 2 2
2 Waters, Terry (vc) ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 6 3 0 1
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 13 257 228 29 68 46 27 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