1968 VFL Season Round 15: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1968 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

North Melbourne (5.8.38) were defeated by Melbourne (6.4.40).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 July 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 5,826

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.8.38 - 6.4.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 6 2 . 6 5 . 8 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Melbourne 0 . 0 2 . 3 5 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 4 (40)
Margin NMLB by 18 NMLB by 3 NMLB by 5 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 0
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 3
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 13 0 1 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 4 0 4 2
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 1 2 19 19 0 5 0 0 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 27 1 3
28 Heal, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 1 4
33 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 6 0 0 0
20 Karanicolas, Arthur ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 1 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 1 28 27 1 9 3 2 2
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 9 8 0 1
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 0 3
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 2 1
29 Peterson, Len ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0
19 Quade, Mike ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 19 1 0
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 1 3
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 8 1 0 1
35 Thompson, Ian ? ? 3 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 2
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 5 8 281 249 32 86 59 14 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 3 0 24 21 3 3 0 2 1
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
40 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 0 0 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 5 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 0 1
27 Forster, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 30 0 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 4 1 3 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 1 3 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 0 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 18 2 1
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 5 0
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 4 0 4 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 3 0 0
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 2 0 1 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 4 0 1 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 0 12 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 4 267 228 39 52 65 29 14

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