1968 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1968 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round eight of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Footscray (9.8.62) were defeated by South Melbourne (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,755

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 9.8.62 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 6 3 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 6 8 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin FOOT by 5 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 4 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 7 3 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 1 28 22 6 3 0 2 3
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 4 2
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 4
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 5 0 0 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 2 3 9 8 1 5 0 1 2
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 6 0 4 2
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 5 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 6 0 2 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 2 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 3 0 1 2
12 Percy, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 15 2 2
4 Stevens, Kevin ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 6 9 1 4
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 11 0 1 2
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 8 0 2 7
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 8 272 245 27 83 31 32 37

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 2 0 1 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 1 0 3 2
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 9 1 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 5 1 3
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 6 0 0 2
32 Elwin, Ross ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 4 3 0 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 2 25 5 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 1
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 3
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 3 2
7 John, Graeme ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 6 0 3 4
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 2 6 5 3
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 1
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 1 1
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 4
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 12 0 2 3
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 0 29 22 7 2 0 4 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 1 0 1 0
27 Wilcox, Dick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 9 287 241 46 56 48 37 32

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