1968 VFL Season Round 13: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1968 between Footscray and Geelong during round thirteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Footscray (18.18.126) defeated Geelong (5.13.43).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 13 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,092

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 18.18.126 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 4 10 . 8 15 . 14 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Geelong 1 . 1 3 . 4 5 . 7 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin FOOT by 39 FOOT by 46 FOOT by 67 FOOT by 83 FOOT by 83
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 4 33 26 7 8 0 2 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 1 30 25 5 9 0 2 2
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 0 1 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 1
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 4 1 22 18 4 6 10 1 2
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 6 10 0 3
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 5 0 0 1
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 2 26 20 6 6 0 2 0
38 Magor, Doug ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 10 0 0 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 4 1 13 10 3 4 1 3 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 1 2 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 5 0 1 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 2
14 Schultz, John ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 7 25 1 2
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 3 27 23 4 3 0 4 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 13 0 2 2
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 3 22 15 7 4 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 18 354 297 57 108 49 24 26

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 3 14 12 2 8 0 3 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 0
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 2
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 1
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 2 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 2
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 1 37 30 7 11 0 2 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 6 7 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 1 28 25 3 4 0 4 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 0 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 16 3 4
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 6 1 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 0 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 3 9 6 3 3 1 0 1
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 13 285 238 47 76 25 26 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