1969 VFL Round 2: Footscray v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1969 between Footscray and St Kilda during round 2 of the 1969 VFL season. Footscray hosted St Kilda at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Ian Stewart captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, F. Cook, G. Cook, D. Darcy, B. Davidson, K. Greenwood, R. Haynes, P. Hines, J. Jillard, S. Magee, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, B. Round, L. Sandilands, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh

St Kilda
I. Stewart (capt.), N. Besanko, J. Bonney, B. Breen, G. Colling, I. Cooper, A. Davis, D. King, B. Lawrence, J. Lilley, B. Murray, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, J. O'Donnell, B. Pascoe, R. Smith, I. Synman, S. Trott, G. Ward

Footscray (9.11.65) were defeated by St Kilda (14.14.98).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Bisset (2), D. McKenzie (2), P. Hines, S. Magee, L. Sandilands, R. Spargo, P. Welsh
St Kilda: K. Neale (7), B. Breen (3), G. Ward (2), D. King, I. Stewart

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 1st) and St Kilda were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 12 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,352

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.11.65 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
St Kilda 4 . 0 9 . 5 10 . 8 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin FOOT by 2 STKL by 12 STKL by 5 STKL by 33 STKL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Ian Stewart (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 2 27 21 6 4 0 3 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 5 0 6 0
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 26 26 0 8 0 7 4
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 3 10 9 1 1 0 2 5
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 0 1 3
27 Davidson, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 5
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 5 3 2
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 3 0 3 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 2 0 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 5 1
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 3 0 3 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 3 0 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 1 1 6 3 3 3 0 0 0
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 1 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 22 22 0 7 0 2 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 5 7 4 0
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 6 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 11 295 258 37 67 20 48 38

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 0
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 2 0 2 1
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 3 5 21 21 0 6 0 4 9
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 2
8 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 2
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 8 0 3 5
48 King, Derek ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 1 0 0 2
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 1 5
16 Lilley, Jon ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 2 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 26 3 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 7 4 20 19 1 9 0 4 3
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 1
28 O'Donnell, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Pascoe, Bob ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 12 1 2
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 1 1 2 3
5 Stewart, Ian (c) ? ? 1 1 32 26 6 10 0 4 3
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 3 4
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 4 1
38 Ward, Geoff ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 14 299 259 40 74 39 38 48

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