1968 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1968 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round nineteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by Collingwood (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 24 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,967

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 12.14.86 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 6 . 10 10 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Collingwood 3 . 3 4 . 9 8 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin COLL by 3 MELB by 13 MELB by 13 COLL by 1 COLL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: John Beckwith

Collingwood

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 3 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 0 0 2 1
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 1 3
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 3
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 3 0 0 3
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 16 1 2
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 4 0 0 3
39 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 4 3
21 Lees, Ted ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 3 6 0 4
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 6 0 1 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 6
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 14 0 1 2
23 Roet, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 3 0 0 2
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 2 5 21 19 2 6 0 1 4
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 3 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 274 222 52 79 25 18 45

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
32 Clark, Len ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 0 17 16 1 4 5 3 2
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 3 0 5 0
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 0 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 4 23 4 1
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 4 2 10 9 1 4 0 0 1
36 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 1 2
16 Neave, Bruce ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 3 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 0
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 3 19 13 6 2 0 2 2
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 4 32 29 3 4 0 3 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 24 5 1
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2
37 Walker, Paul ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 0 0 5 1
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 4 1
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 272 232 40 56 52 45 18

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