1968 VFL Round 16: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1968 between Footscray and Carlton during round 16 of the 1968 VFL season. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ron Barassi captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bean, G. Bisset, I. Bryant, F. Cook, G. Cook, K. Delmenico, G. Dempsey, K. Greenwood, K. Jackman, J. Jillard, S. Magee, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, J. Schultz, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh

Carlton
R. Barassi (capt.), G. Anderson, B. Bennett, N. Chandler, I. Collins, G. Crane, B. Crosswell, A. Gallagher, J. Goold, K. Hall, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, W. Lofts, D. Munari, J. Nicholls, B. Quirk, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, V. Waite, R. Walls

Footscray (16.6.102) defeated Carlton (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Bisset (4), T. Whitten (4), I. Marsh (2), D. McKenzie (2), G. Dempsey, S. Magee, G. Merrington, P. Welsh
Carlton: B. Bennett (2), A. Jesaulenko (2), W. Lofts (2), J. Nicholls (2), A. Gallagher, P. Jones

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Carlton were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 3 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,184

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Carlton
Score: 16.6.102 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 6 . 4 8 . 4 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Carlton 2 . 3 2 . 3 5 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin CARL by 9 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Charlie Sutton (Footscray), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Ron Barassi (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
34 Bean, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 2 2
6 Bisset, George ? ? 4 1 29 24 5 3 0 3 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 2 2
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 4 2
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 3 1 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 6 2 3
7 Jackman, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 1 1
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 1 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 1 2 3 4
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 4
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 7 0 1 3
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 2 0 2 1
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 15 4 1
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 3 0 4 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 10 0 1 2
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 2 10 3 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 4 1 22 20 2 7 0 7 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 6 256 229 27 56 36 42 35

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
26 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 1 2 0
12 Bennett, Bill ? ? 2 1 8 8 0 3 0 2 3
47 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 1
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 1 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 1 2 3
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 27 24 3 4 0 4 0
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 2 3 23 22 1 9 0 2 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 8 2 4
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 0 3 6
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 1 17 1 5
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 7 0 3 3
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 1
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 6 0 5 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 5
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 10 231 199 32 55 27 35 42

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