1968 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1968 between Geelong and Carlton during round twelve of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Wes Lofts captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (8.7.55) were defeated by Carlton (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 6 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 25,007

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 8.7.55 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 6 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Carlton 2 . 2 4 . 3 7 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 3 CARL by 6 CARL by 8 CARL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Peter Pianto

Carlton

Captain: Wes Lofts
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 9 0 2 2
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 1 3 2
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 4 0 1 1
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 2 11 0 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 4 0 6 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 7 0 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 23 4 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 3 1
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 2 0 4 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 7 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 4
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 5 0 0 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 8 1 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 3 0 1 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 7 297 249 48 77 43 32 27

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 3 1
41 Auchettl, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 2
22 Bishop, Noel ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 2 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 6 0 3 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 2 0 5 2
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 0
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 1 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 9 17 0 2
16 Kekovich, Brian ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 2 0 3 2
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 1 2
20 Lofts, Wes (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 4
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 3 0 0 6
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 8 0 2 1
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 1 27 21 6 3 4 1 0
37 Smith, Peter ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 2 6 2 2
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 9 263 236 27 68 27 27 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