1968 VFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1968 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round eight of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

North Melbourne (9.11.65) were defeated by Geelong (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 8 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,209

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 9.11.65 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 4 4 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Geelong 4 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin GEEL by 20 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 5 0 4 0
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 1 20 20 0 4 0 2 2
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 3 1
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 2
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 2 4 3
33 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 3 0 0
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 3 2 15 14 1 8 4 2 2
20 Karanicolas, Arthur ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 4 0 2 3
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 13 0 0 1
8 McGrath, Dennis ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 7 1 1
41 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 1 2
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 0 2
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 2 2
29 Peterson, Len ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 6 11 2 3
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 10 0 0 1
35 Thompson, Ian ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 5 0 1 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 0 2 23 19 4 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 11 309 268 41 91 27 28 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 1 0 1 0
19 Davies, John ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 3
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 5 5
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 8 0 1 2
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 0 1
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 1 0 35 30 5 9 0 0 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 1 3 22 20 2 11 15 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 26 25 1 5 0 3 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 1 19 14 5 9 0 3 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 5 11 2 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 23 0 3 0 5 0
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 2 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 5 2 0 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 5 0 2 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 326 285 41 88 30 28 28

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