1968 VFL Season Round 10: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1968 between Footscray and Collingwood during round ten of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Footscray (5.7.37) were defeated by Collingwood (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 22 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,120

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.7.37 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 7 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Collingwood 3 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 1 COLL by 12 COLL by 28 COLL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Collingwood

Captain: Terry Waters (acting)
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 3 21 18 3 4 0 2 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 1 25 23 2 6 0 5 2
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 9 0 1 4
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 3 3
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 3 0 5 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 7 0 3 4
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 9 6 1 3
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 2 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 2
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 3 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 13 26 4 1
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 3 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 5 0 0 2
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 5 2 3
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 8 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 7 267 239 28 83 37 41 39

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 0 1
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 3
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 4 0 3 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 2 2
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 1 2 12 12 0 4 0 1 2
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 3 3 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 10 1 6
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 3 0 1 5
21 Moylan, Ron ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 2 0 4 1
16 Neave, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 1
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 7 0 3 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 3 1
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 3 2 26 25 1 5 0 0 5
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 4 20 2 4
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 7 0 3 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 32 30 2 5 0 4 2
4 Wheadon, David ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 1 0 4 1
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 11 290 262 28 67 33 39 41

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