1969 VFL Round 3: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 1969 between Footscray and Carlton during round 3 of the 1969 VFL season. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

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

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), I. Collins, G. Crane, B. Crosswell, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, K. Hall, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, P. Kerr, D. McKay, R. McLean, I. Nicoll, B. Quirk, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, B. Thornley, V. Waite, R. Walls

Footscray (7.10.52) were defeated by Carlton (11.15.81).

Goalkickers
Footscray: G. Merrington (2), R. Spargo (2), G. Bisset, G. Casey, B. Round
Carlton: B. Quirk (3), P. Jones (2), R. McLean (2), B. Crosswell, A. Gallagher, A. Jesaulenko, I. Robertson

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Carlton remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 19 April 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,250

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 7.10.52 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Carlton 1 . 4 6 . 9 6 . 10 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin FOOT by 6 CARL by 15 FOOT by 6 CARL by 29 CARL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Ted Whitten (Footscray), John Nicholls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 22 21 1 8 0 1 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 2 1
34 Casey, Gordon ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 0 3 0
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 3 2
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 3 12 12 0 1 0 0 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 3 1
27 Davidson, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 2 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 6 5 3 7
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 10 0 1 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 5 3
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 3 0 4
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 2 1 13 13 0 8 0 4 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 1 3 6 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 2 1 16 15 1 2 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 8 0 5 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 7 9 8 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 10 257 234 23 84 20 49 38

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 2 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 6 0 1 4
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 2 23 22 1 6 0 3 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 22 21 1 7 0 1 4
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 4 0 2 4
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 2 0 3 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 4 8 5 4
9 Kerr, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 2 1
14 McLean, Ricky ? ? 2 4 14 11 3 5 0 2 5
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 16 5 5
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 4 0 0 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 6 0 0 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 2 17 17 0 7 0 2 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 1 2 3
13 Thornley, Bert ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 4
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 15 290 250 40 79 25 38 49

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