1968 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1968 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

Melbourne (10.14.74) defeated Footscray (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,733

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.14.74 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 5 . 8 7 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Footscray 4 . 0 5 . 3 8 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 5 FOOT by 3 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 1 2 2
40 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 1 5
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 1
12 Fowler, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 12 4 2
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 1 0 1 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 7 0 0
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 0 0
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 5 0 3 0
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 3 2 26 19 7 8 0 1 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 9 0 2 1
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 2 2
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 3 23 22 1 3 0 2 0
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 2 0 3 2
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 4 9 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 14 273 230 43 76 29 32 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Bean, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 4 0 4 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 2 1 3 1
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 0 1
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 0 0 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 2 3 1
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 4 0
6 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 5 0 2 2
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 4 0 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 3 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 6 0 1 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 3
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2
14 Schultz, John ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 15 1 6
36 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 3 0 1 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 31 27 4 11 0 2 2
37 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 3 1 3
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 2 4 28 20 8 10 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 11 278 240 38 91 25 30 32

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