1968 VFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1968 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round seven of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (11.21.87) defeated Fitzroy (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 25 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 11,474

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.21.87 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 13 5 . 15 8 . 19 11 . 21 11 . 21 (87)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 2 . 4 3 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin GEEL by 37 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Perkins

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 0 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 4 13 10 3 6 1 1 3
19 Davies, John ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 5 0 4 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 0 0 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 3 0
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 2 45 38 7 6 1 5 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 0 0
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 2 1 37 30 7 10 0 2 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 4 14 3 5
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 3 0 4 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 6 1 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 8 16 2 3
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 1 4
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 2 0 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 1
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 2 6 18 16 2 4 0 2 0
31 Smith, Phil ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 4 0 2 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 21 350 287 63 85 37 34 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 24 4 2
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 5 0 0 2
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 18 4 2
8 Dawson, Trevor ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 3 0 3 0
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 0 6
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 0
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 1
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 1 0 5 5
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 7 2 3 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 0 0 4 2
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 3
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0
15 Sykes, David ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 1 3
24 Walford, Bill ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 2 0 1 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 6 275 223 52 53 44 33 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