1968 VFL Round 13: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1968 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round 13 of the 1968 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), L. Adamson, C. Britt, R. Dunne, V. Ellis, B. Farmer, J. Green, J. Greening, L. Hill, E. Hug, P. McKenna, R. Moylan, B. Neave, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, C. Tully, R. Watt, D. Wheadon

Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, J. Atkinson, N. Brown, M. Cole, R. Crow, D. Hellings, D. Herrod, G. Lazarus, T. McGregor, J. Murphy, J. Newnham, P. O'Brien, D. Peoples, D. Rhodes, A. Ruscuklic, D. Searl, P. Wood, H. Worrall, N. Zunneberg

Collingwood (18.14.122) defeated Fitzroy (18.7.115).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (7), C. Britt (2), R. Dunne (2), J. Greening (2), B. Farmer, R. Moylan, W. Richardson, C. Tully, D. Wheadon
Fitzroy: R. Crow (4), D. Peoples (3), J. Newnham (2), A. Ruscuklic (2), J. Atkinson, N. Brown, G. Lazarus, T. McGregor, K. Murray, D. Searl, H. Worrall

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Fitzroy remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 13 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 16,357

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.14.122 - 18.7.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Fitzroy 4 . 3 6 . 4 11 . 4 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Margin COLL by 3 COLL by 34 COLL by 31 COLL by 7 COLL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Bill Stephen (Fitzroy)
Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 4
27 Britt, Con ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 5 0 2 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 2 0 5 3
10 Ellis, Vaughan ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 4 1 0 5
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 4 0 4 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 2
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 7 1 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 7 0 10 8 2 5 1 3 2
21 Moylan, Ron ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 4 0 1 0
16 Neave, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 3 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 1
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 1
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 1 2 31 26 5 3 1 1 3
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 39 3 2
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 1 0 2 2
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 1 3 3
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 1 4 3
4 Wheadon, David ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 4 0 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 14 261 224 37 70 51 38 39

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 2
39 Atkinson, John ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 2 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 9 4 4
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 3 2
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 4 0 10 10 0 5 18 2 5
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 6 0 2 2
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 1 1 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 0 2 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 0 0 1 2
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 4
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 3 0 19 17 2 5 0 3 5
14 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 0
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 7 0 2 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 3 0 1 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 2
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 3 0 6 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 7 267 215 52 63 28 39 38

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