1968 VFL Season Round 11: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1968 between Richmond and Footscray during round eleven of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Roger Dean captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Richmond (17.20.122) defeated Footscray (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,844

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 17.20.122 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 8 . 7 12 . 12 17 . 20 17 . 20 (122)
Footscray 3 . 5 9 . 5 11 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin FOOT by 9 FOOT by 4 RICH by 12 RICH by 18 RICH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 2 22 21 1 2 0 2 1
45 Beale, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 3
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 5 0 0 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 3 2 17 14 3 1 0 2 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 3 0 3 3
3 Dean, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 1
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 4 2 9 8 1 3 7 2 3
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 3 3 18 15 3 6 1 4 2
43 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 2 12 12 0 5 3 1 0
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 1 2 0
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 0 2
14 Murphy, Ted ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 5 20 12 8 3 0 3 3
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 2 20 2 4
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 7 1 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 1 31 25 6 5 0 5 1
18 Shinners, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 2 2
26 Smythe, Keith ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 20 278 236 42 58 39 36 27

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 35 32 3 3 0 3 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 5 0 1 3
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 3 3
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 9 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 0 1
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 8 0 2 5
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 3 2
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 0 1 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 3 6 0 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 4
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 5 0 2 4
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 9 25 3 2
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 2 0 21 20 1 3 0 1 2
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 3 5 1 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 6 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 8 274 244 30 79 36 27 36

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