1968 VFL Round 10: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1968 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round 10 of the 1968 VFL season. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Geelong
B. Goggin (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, J. Davies, T. Farman, K. Gladman, R. Hosking, G. Hynes, D. Marshall, C. Mitchell, I. Nankervis, S. Newman, T. Polinelli, G. Rosenow, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, J. Sharrock, H. Strahan, D. Wade, P. Walker

South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), K. Baskin, P. Bedford, N. Busse, R. Cook, I. Davison, R. Elwin, T. Haenen, P. Harrison, J. Heriot, G. Jacobs, G. John, G. Lambert, T. Leahy, R. Luke, H. Matthews, D. Priest, J. Rantall, E. Sarich, J. Sudholz

Geelong (13.15.93) defeated South Melbourne (8.15.63).

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Goggin (3), D. Wade (3), J. Davies (2), G. Andrews, I. Nankervis, B. Ryan, J. Sharrock, H. Strahan
South Melbourne: B. Skilton (2), J. Sudholz (2), P. Bedford, R. Cook, I. Davison, G. Jacobs

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 1st on the ladder and South Melbourne remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,794

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 13.15.93 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 10 . 7 11 . 10 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 4 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin SMLB by 7 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Pianto (Geelong), Allan Miller (South Melbourne)
Captains: Bill Goggin (Geelong), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Marks

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 10 0 0 0
19 Davies, John ? ? 2 4 22 18 4 5 0 2 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 4 0
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 1 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 3 1 33 26 7 3 0 0 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 1 0
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 1 38 29 9 10 0 3 3
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 29 24 5 11 12 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 2 0 2 1
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 6 20 0 1
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 5 2
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 3 13 13 0 5 0 3 3
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 15 354 278 76 80 32 31 22

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 0 0 4
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 4 0 2 1
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 7 0 0 1
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 1 4 18 16 2 4 0 2 1
32 Elwin, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 5 27 4 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 1 1
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 3 2
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 6 1 3
7 John, Graeme ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 6 0 0 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 1 0
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 5 6 2 1
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 0 0
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 2
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 5 0 2 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 1 36 30 6 9 0 1 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 3 6 5 1 3 5 1 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 15 288 246 42 73 44 22 31

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