1968 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1968 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Fitzroy (10.12.72) were defeated by Geelong (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 9,897

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 10.12.72 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Geelong 4 . 0 7 . 3 9 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin GEEL by 12 FITZ by 5 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 5
10 Benison, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 2
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 7 3 3
12 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 1
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 1 19 3 3
46 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 5 3 18 16 2 9 1 2 0
9 McGregor, Treva ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 0 2 28 28 0 5 0 4 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 1 3 2
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 0 1
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 3 12 8 4 3 0 2 1
14 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 1
12 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 1 2
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 4 1 9 9 0 4 0 1 0
41 Shearer, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 4 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
30 Wood, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 2 0
29 Worrall, Hugh ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 4 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 12 258 227 31 59 28 38 24

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 0 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 5 0 2 2
19 Davies, John ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 2 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 2 1 29 27 2 5 0 5 3
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 0 3
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 12 0 1 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 13 4 5
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 2 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 7 2 2 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 4 12 3 6
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 1
7 Primmer, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 3 0 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 6 1 0 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 4 0 1 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 3 13 12 1 8 0 0 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 10 308 263 45 79 32 24 38

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