1968 VFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1968 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round eight of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Collingwood (11.13.79) were defeated by Melbourne (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 24,373

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.13.79 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 2 3 . 3 10 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Melbourne 4 . 0 7 . 3 10 . 4 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 24 COLL by 5 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Terry Waters (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 3 0 2 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 0 16 14 2 5 3 1 1
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 7 0 1 2
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 3 0 2 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 4 0
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 3 1 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 3 27 2 2
34 Le Gassick, Dennis ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 0
21 Moylan, Ron ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 2
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 5 3
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 3 1 17 11 6 5 25 1 1
32 Wallis, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 5
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 4 1 2 3
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 13 255 207 48 60 59 33 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 0 2
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 3 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 5
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 5 0 5 1
2 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 2 4
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 6 1 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 5 1 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 1
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 3 9 6 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 3 0 22 17 5 6 0 1 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 1
36 Osborne, Ken ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 4 0 13 10 3 11 0 1 0
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 2 23 20 3 5 0 1 3
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 2 0 1 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 9 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 7 279 231 48 62 29 29 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