1968 VFL Season Round 20: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1968 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round twenty of the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Allan Miller.

Collingwood (23.19.157) defeated South Melbourne (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 August 1968
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 15,058

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 23.19.157 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 7 8 . 11 14 . 15 23 . 19 23 . 19 (157)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 9 13 . 13 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin COLL by 9 COLL by 20 COLL by 8 COLL by 59 COLL by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Rose

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Allan Miller

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Britt, Con ? ? 4 2 26 23 3 7 0 2 0
32 Clark, Len ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 3 16 13 3 3 0 0 1
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 1 1 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 3 0 5 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 5 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 2 3 29 20 9 12 15 1 4
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 11 2 15 15 0 11 0 2 3
36 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 1
16 Neave, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 3
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 6 0 1 2
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 0
5 Price, Barry ? ? 3 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 2
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 4 25 22 3 4 0 4 1
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 1 23 2 3
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 3 0 0 1
37 Walker, Paul ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 1 0 3 2
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 0
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 19 319 242 77 75 44 29 31

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
35 Anderson, Ray ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 1 2 2 3
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 4 1 13 10 3 5 0 0 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 4 0 0 2
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 4 22 3 2
24 Busse, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 2 2 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 6 3 3 0
39 Greenwood, Jack ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 15 1 7
21 Heriot, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 1
30 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 3 5 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 1
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 1 3 12 11 1 2 0 1 1
40 Mallett, Bob ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 6 0 1 1
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 1 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 2 3 23 19 4 0 0 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 0
16 Sarich, Eric ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 4
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 0 28 20 8 3 0 6 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 1
27 Wilcox, Dick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 268 228 40 59 49 31 29

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