1968 VFL Season Round 19: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1968 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Bill Goggin captained the hosts. John Dugdale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Pianto and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Geelong (14.13.97) defeated North Melbourne (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 13,872

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.13.97 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 7 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
North Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 6 11 . 9 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin NMLB by 13 GEEL by 10 NMLB by 8 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 4
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 33 29 4 9 0 5 1
19 Davies, John ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 2 3
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 1 0 26 25 1 4 0 2 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 1 4
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 0 3 2
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 3 20 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 5 24 22 2 4 1 4 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 9 1 1 5
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 8 14 5 7
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 1 2 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 6 0 4 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 4 3
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 2 14 14 0 2 0 2 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 9 2 0 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 7 3 15 13 2 7 1 2 4
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 318 272 46 94 40 42 48

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Allison, Tom ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 2
23 Benton, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 3
32 Dell, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 16 1 2
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 12 0 0 2
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 2 2
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 3 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 2
50 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 3 2 4
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 3 4 3
20 Karanicolas, Arthur ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 0 0 3 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 3 0 2 1
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 10 1 1 4
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 1
26 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 4 2
30 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 3 0 9 4
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 1 0 3 1
5 Scholes, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 0 3
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 2
35 Thompson, Ian ? ? 0 3 7 7 0 2 0 1 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 9 284 244 40 75 23 48 42

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