1968 VFL Season Round 11: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 1968 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eleven of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Miller and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

South Melbourne (17.15.117) defeated Fitzroy (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 29 June 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 11,186

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 17.15.117 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Melbourne	6	.	1	9	.	5	12	.	6	17	.	15	17	.	15	(117)
Fitzroy	6	.	2	9	.	4	12	.	9	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Margin	FITZ by 1			SMLB by 1			FITZ by 3			SMLB by 27			SMLB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
4	Baskin, Keith	?	?	0	0	27	23	4	1	0	1	2
11	Bedford, Peter	?	?	2	0	20	16	4	1	0	0	3
31	Bennett, Stuart	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Cook, Russell	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	5	8	1	1
29	Davison, Ian	?	?	1	2	12	11	1	3	0	0	0
32	Elwin, Ross	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	4	0	1	2
8	Haenen, Tony	?	?	1	1	13	10	3	4	24	0	5
18	Harrison, Paul	?	?	0	0	14	13	1	3	0	0	1
21	Heriot, John	?	?	0	0	11	11	0	3	0	2	1
30	Jacobs, Graeme	?	?	0	1	16	13	3	2	9	0	0
7	John, Graeme	?	?	1	2	12	9	3	5	0	3	1
33	Lambert, Greg	?	?	0	2	31	30	1	4	0	4	2
19	Leahy, Terry	?	?	0	1	14	11	3	2	3	4	2
37	Luke, Richard	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matthews, Herbie	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	1	0	1	2
5	Rantall, John	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	4	0	1	2
16	Sarich, Eric	?	?	2	0	17	13	4	4	0	4	2
14	Skilton, Bob (c)	?	?	3	0	35	25	10	7	0	1	1
20	Sudholz, John	?	?	5	2	11	10	1	8	4	0	2
27	Wilcox, Dick	?	?	2	1	11	9	2	3	0	1	0
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				17	15	288	245	43	64	48	24	29

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
37	Austin, Jack	?	?	0	0	16	16	0	4	0	2	1
10	Benison, John	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	0	2
23	Brown, Norm	?	?	3	1	15	10	5	3	19	3	2
21	Cobain, Rod	?	?	1	1	9	7	2	2	0	2	1
32	Crow, Russell	?	?	1	1	14	11	3	5	20	1	2
22	Ebbels, Gary	?	?	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	Hellings, Doug	?	?	1	1	16	7	9	2	0	0	2
19	Herrod, Darryl	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	1	0
25	Hobbs, Colin	?	?	0	0	19	15	4	3	0	2	2
31	Lazarus, Gary	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	6	0	2	1
7	McCrae, Ian	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	Murphy, John	?	?	1	4	31	25	6	4	0	2	1
1	Murray, Kevin (c)	?	?	0	2	27	16	11	4	1	0	4
20	Newnham, John	?	?	0	1	26	24	2	2	0	2	1
16	Peoples, Daryl	?	?	1	0	22	18	4	9	5	2	0
14	Rhodes, David	?	?	0	0	25	22	3	6	0	5	1
12	Ruscuklic, Alex	?	?	2	0	17	8	9	4	0	3	2
24	Walford, Bill	?	?	2	1	11	8	3	2	0	1	0
30	Wood, Peter	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	4	0	0	0
11	Zunneberg, Noel	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	5	0	1	2
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				13	12	305	236	69	68	45	29	24

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

Links

1968 VFL Season

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