1968 VFL Season Round 19: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1968 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Miller and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.

South Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Footscray (11.16.82).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 24 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 8,012

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 11.12.78 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Melbourne	3	.	2	5	.	5	8	.	10	11	.	12	11	.	12	(78)
Footscray	4	.	2	7	.	7	10	.	12	11	.	16	11	.	16	(82)
Margin	FOOT by 6			FOOT by 14			FOOT by 14			FOOT by 4			FOOT by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Huggins

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
35	Anderson, Ray	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	1	2
4	Baskin, Keith	?	?	4	2	13	10	3	5	0	0	0
11	Bedford, Peter	?	?	0	1	23	16	7	4	0	2	5
31	Bennett, Stuart	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	2	19	2	1
24	Busse, Neil	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	1	9	1	1
17	Cook, Russell	?	?	1	1	21	18	3	6	2	2	2
39	Greenwood, Jack	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	1
8	Haenen, Tony	?	?	0	2	13	9	4	3	9	3	2
18	Harrison, Paul	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	2
21	Heriot, John	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	7	0	1	1
30	Jacobs, Graeme	?	?	0	1	15	11	4	3	11	1	2
33	Lambert, Greg	?	?	0	1	13	11	2	3	0	0	0
37	Luke, Richard	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	4	0	3	4
2	Matthews, Herbie	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	1	0	1	1
25	McAuliffe, Haydn	?	?	3	2	20	18	2	2	0	4	5
6	McCracken, Peter	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Rantall, John	?	?	0	0	20	17	3	5	0	2	2
16	Sarich, Eric	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	0	0	1	1
14	Skilton, Bob (c)	?	?	3	1	31	25	6	5	0	3	2
20	Sudholz, John	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	1	0	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				11	12	254	206	48	53	50	30	37

Footscray

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
20	Bartlett, Les	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	0	4	0	0
34	Bean, Graeme	?	?	0	0	12	12	0	1	0	2	3
6	Bisset, George	?	?	2	1	26	20	6	1	0	1	1
5	Bryant, Ian	?	?	1	3	19	16	3	6	0	1	1
29	Cook, Fred	?	?	0	0	15	14	1	2	0	3	2
10	Cook, Graeme	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Delmenico, Kevin	?	?	0	0	11	11	0	1	0	2	1
24	Dempsey, Gary	?	?	1	2	15	15	0	8	12	3	3
1	Greenwood, Ken	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	1	2	1	1
25	Jillard, John	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	4	0	3	0
6	Magee, Stuart	?	?	1	0	30	26	4	8	0	3	1
33	Marsh, Ivan	?	?	0	1	15	13	2	3	2	4	3
22	McGowan, Ron	?	?	0	0	19	19	0	7	0	3	0
30	McKenzie, Don	?	?	0	1	12	12	0	4	0	1	4
19	Merrington, Gary	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
9	Sandilands, Laurie	?	?	3	0	5	5	0	4	0	0	2
36	Spargo, Ricky	?	?	3	1	22	20	2	3	0	4	2
16	Thorpe, David	?	?	0	0	20	14	6	5	0	0	1
37	Welsh, Peter	?	?	0	1	5	5	0	2	5	1	1
3	Whitten, Ted (c)	?	?	0	1	14	11	3	2	0	5	3
Rushed					5
Total (20 players)				11	16	277	244	33	62	25	37	30

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

Links

1968 VFL Season

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