1969 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1969 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round one of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. John Dugdale captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

North Melbourne (15.20.110) defeated South Melbourne (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,016

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.20.110 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 10 . 9 13 . 14 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
South Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 10 9 . 16 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin NMLB by 9 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 22 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Dugdale
Coach: Keith McKenzie

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Boundary Umpires

R. Gulliver

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 5 0 1 0
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 2 2 19 17 2 3 0 1 2
6 Dugdale, John (c) ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 7 0 1 3
27 Dwyer, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 2 1
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 4 4 12 10 2 5 0 1 0
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 8 1 1 2
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 1
19 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 11 0 0
21 Jacob, Lindsay ? ? 2 2 15 9 6 1 0 0 4
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 9 2 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 4 4 22 17 5 6 1 1 3
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 7 1 1 0
12 O'Brien, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 1 0 3 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 1 0
30 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 2 2
26 Sanders, Reg ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 1
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 2 2
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 8 0 2 1
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 2 3 21 15 6 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 20 297 244 53 76 27 23 28

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 4 4 12 12 0 5 0 1 0
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 5 0 2 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 3 1 0
34 Brandt, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 2 1 0
16 Budd, Arthur ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 2 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 3 27 21 6 7 0 0 2
27 Dowsing, Rob ? ? 0 4 21 15 6 1 0 3 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 2 1 2
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 6 0 0 2
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 5 2 17 17 0 5 3 1 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 1 2
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 3 1
3 Phillips, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 0 2
9 Priest, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 0 0
13 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0
30 Way, Fred ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 4 29 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 17 278 230 48 59 39 28 23

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