1968 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1968 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round twelve of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Tassie Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ray Slocum and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Fitzroy (11.14.80) were defeated by Melbourne (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 8,669

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 13 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Melbourne 4 . 1 6 . 8 10 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin FITZ by 1 MELB by 8 MELB by 17 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Ray Slocum (caretaker)

Melbourne

Captain: Tassie Johnson
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Marks

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Atkinson, John ? ? 0 3 11 10 1 1 0 0 1
37 Austin, Jack ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 0
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 1 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 6 28 1 1
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 2
25 Hobbs, Colin ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 5 2
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 4 0
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 4 0 0 1
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 2 26 23 3 7 1 2 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 1 28 15 13 2 1 4 0
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 8 2 3
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 9 1 2 2
14 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 8 0 1 1
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 5 0 4 1
15 Sykes, David ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 1 0
24 Walford, Bill ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 14 290 231 59 72 41 34 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 4 2 27 22 5 6 0 1 4
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 8 0 0 0
40 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 7 0 0 3
3 Catlin, Sid ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Clarke, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 10 0 1 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 0 2 2
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 13 2 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 4 15 13 2 5 0 1 2
8 Johnson, Tassie (c) ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 2
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 7 9 1 3
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 2 3 2 2
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 4 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 3 0 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 12 0 2 2
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 6 0 2 3
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 1 0 1 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 1 10 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 16 274 236 38 88 35 20 32

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