1968 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1968 between Geelong and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. Hassa Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Geelong (11.9.75) defeated Melbourne (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,240

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 11.9.75 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Melbourne 3 . 2 3 . 2 7 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin MELB by 12 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 8 0 1 1
19 Davies, John ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 2 0 2 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 0 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 2 30 26 4 4 0 2 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 0 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 2 1 34 29 5 6 0 3 1
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 6 15 1 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 2 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 5 23 5 2
33 O'Loughlin, Gerald ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 1
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 3 0 3 1
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 8 7 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 10 3 0 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 1 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 0
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 7 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 9 343 283 60 88 49 25 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 1 24 19 5 4 0 1 0
40 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 2 21 20 1 4 0 1 0
41 Campbell, Euan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 35 31 4 11 0 1 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 2 2
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 9 1 5
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 3 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 3
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 14 2 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 0 0
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 2 2 23 21 2 7 0 4 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 8 1 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 1 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 6 0 2 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 10 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 8 259 232 27 72 34 21 25

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