1968 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1968 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. John Dugdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Miller and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

South Melbourne (9.14.68) were defeated by North Melbourne (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 7,412

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.14.68 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 6 7 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
North Melbourne 2 . 0 5 . 7 8 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin SMLB by 17 SMLB by 5 NMLB by 6 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Anderson, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 1 1 1
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 0 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 0 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 5 24 2 0
1 Brookes, Don ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 0 0 0 1
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 4
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 1 25 19 6 7 3 3 2
39 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 2 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 1 0 24 23 1 4 34 7 3
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 3 18 17 1 5 11 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 8 0 3 3
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 3
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 2
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 5 22 20 2 2 0 1 1
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 4
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 3 1 37 28 9 8 0 2 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
27 Wilcox, Dick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 14 289 247 42 68 73 28 31

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 1
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 2 0
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 1 27 25 2 3 0 5 1
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 2 0 2 1
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 2
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 1 0 3 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
40 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 2 5 4 1 1 2 0 4
50 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 3 2 3
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 8 0 0
20 Karanicolas, Arthur ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 1 0 6 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 0 21 21 0 6 1 0 5
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 3 19 14 5 6 2 2 1
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 3 1
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 3 1
30 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 0
5 Scholes, John ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 1
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 10 0 2 1
35 Thompson, Ian ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 4 0 1 2
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 4 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 280 242 38 62 22 31 28

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