1968 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1968 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Melbourne (10.10.70) were defeated by South Melbourne (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,976

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 10.10.70 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 4 . 4 8 . 10 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin MELB by 4 SMLB by 7 MELB by 16 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 2 22 18 4 4 0 1 1
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 2
40 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 2 8 8 0 3 0 3 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 0 2
38 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 8 0 2 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 0
27 Forster, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 10 0 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 6 1 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 3 2 20 19 1 4 0 0 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 1
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 16 1 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 6 1 1 0
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 8 0 3 3
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 2 1 33 29 4 8 0 5 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 0 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 6 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 10 278 237 41 86 39 21 24

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Anderson, Ray ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 3 2 22 20 2 1 0 0 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 1 28 15 13 2 0 4 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 1 1 8 3 5 0 0 0 0
1 Brookes, Don ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 5 0
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 7 5 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 11 0 1 1
29 Davison, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 3 1
32 Elwin, Ross ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 6 11 0 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 1 23 2 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 3
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 1 0 3
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 7 0 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 0 3
40 Mallett, Bob ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 0 0
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 3 0
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 0
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 0 28 19 9 3 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 8 306 238 68 67 48 25 22

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