1968 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1968 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round fifteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Footscray (9.12.66) were defeated by Fitzroy (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 27 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,148

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Fitzroy
Score: 9.12.66 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 8 3 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 3 . 6 5 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FOOT by 26 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 27 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
34 Bean, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 2 0 2 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 8 0 1 1
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 3 11 8 3 3 0 4 6
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 3
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 8 11 3 5
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 2 2
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 4 1 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 2
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 3 31 27 4 5 0 9 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 1
47 McLeod, Kevin ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 0 3 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 1
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 11 1 2
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 2 2 19 19 0 0 0 4 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 1 4
50 Wallace, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 4 1 6 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 251 224 27 61 27 40 44

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 3 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 10 1 1
21 Cobain, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 4 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 1 19 4 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 0 4
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 5 0 2 1
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 1 3 17 14 3 2 0 2 2
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 4 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 3 0 2 6
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 4 1 3 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 1 0 1 4
17 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 3 1 5
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 3
14 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 7 0 1 1
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 5 0 4 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 3 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 5 2
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 246 205 41 51 33 44 40

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