1968 VFL Season Round 12: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1968 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round twelve of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

North Melbourne (8.9.57) were defeated by Footscray (9.18.72).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,844

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 8.9.57 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Footscray 2 . 8 3 . 14 6 . 16 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 1 3
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 1
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 1 0
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 2 1
14 Evans, Mick ? ? 3 2 22 20 2 4 0 2 0
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 2
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 5 0 2 3
33 Howell, Mick ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 13 1 3
3 Ibrahim, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 8 1 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 7 0 3 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 2
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 2 3 17 16 1 3 0 2 0
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 16 1 4
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 6 0 1 0
38 Sykes, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 2
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 0
35 Thompson, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 9 271 228 43 61 37 26 24

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 0 0 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 2 25 20 5 5 0 1 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 3 0 2 2
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 0 0 1 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 6 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 27 26 1 5 0 3 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 7 21 1 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 0 0
38 Magor, Doug ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 7 0 2 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 9 5 0 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 2
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 3 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 2
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 3 2 20 19 1 2 0 1 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 9 0 2 4
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 6 5 2 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 2 26 18 8 5 0 5 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 18 305 260 45 86 31 24 26

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