1968 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1968 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Mike Patterson captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Richmond (15.21.111) defeated South Melbourne (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,404

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.21.111 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 7 5 . 13 9 . 16 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
South Melbourne 1 . 6 6 . 7 9 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin RICH by 13 level RICH by 7 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mike Patterson
Coach: Tom Hafey

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 4 2 27 27 0 0 0 2 1
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 3 1 0 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 4 2 21 19 2 3 0 4 0
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 3 22 21 1 4 0 2 3
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 2 2 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 3
43 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 9 0 2 2
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 1 0
20 McInnes, George ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 3 17 1 3
48 McKenzie, Des ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 2
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 1 0 2 0
14 Murphy, Ted ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 4 0 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 5 24 16 8 3 0 3 1
46 Orchard, Ray ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
25 Patterson, Mike (c) ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 4 29 0 3
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 2 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 21 294 250 44 55 53 29 25

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Anderson, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 2
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 4 3 25 23 2 0 0 2 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 5 24 0 1
1 Brookes, Don ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 2 0 0 1
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 1 1 1
32 Elwin, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 3 0 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 2 18 2 2
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 3
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 6 0 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 4 0 2 3
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 2
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 4 0 2 1
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 1 0 2 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 1 0 2 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 3 3 10 9 1 4 0 0 2
27 Wilcox, Dick ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 11 277 223 54 52 52 25 29

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