1968 VFL Season Round 7: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1968 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

North Melbourne (7.15.57) were defeated by South Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,730

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.15.57 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 3 3 . 11 4 . 13 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
South Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 12 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin SMLB by 25 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 4 SMLB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 0 0
21 Backhouse, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 1 3
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 0
17 Cameron, Les ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 2 4 24 24 0 4 0 5 2
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 0 0 3 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 5 0 1 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 2 14 0 0
33 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 24 0 1
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 11 6 0 0
39 Leslie, Barry ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 3 0 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 7 2 0 0
30 McKernan, Noel ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 2
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 3 22 18 4 2 0 1 2
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 0 0
29 Peterson, Len ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 3 4
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 1 0 1
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 15 255 226 29 51 50 19 18

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 0 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 2 26 22 4 3 0 2 0
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 4 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 10 0 0
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 1 41 0 3
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 1 1
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 0
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 0
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 2 7 2 3
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 2
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Pedrotti, Kevin ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 0 1 0
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 1 0 1 2
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 4 0
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 1 0
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 3 1 35 30 5 3 0 1 3
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 6 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 13 279 242 37 43 62 18 19

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