1969 VFL Round 6: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1969 between Collingwood and Footscray during round 6 of the 1969 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Terry Waters captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), L. Adamson, R. Dunne, V. Ellis, B. Farmer, J. Green, J. Greening, D. Hibbert, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, P. Patterson, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, M. Urquhart, R. Watt, D. Wheadon, S. Whelan

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

Collingwood (17.13.115) defeated Footscray (8.14.62).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (7), R. Dunne (3), J. Greening (3), R. Watt (2), B. Farmer, G. Jenkin
Footscray: D. McKenzie (3), G. Bisset, F. Cook, N. Mitchell, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Footscray were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 10 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 19,025

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 17.13.115 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 3 9 . 7 13 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Footscray 1 . 3 4 . 4 7 . 10 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin COLL by 6 COLL by 33 COLL by 36 COLL by 53 COLL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Ted Whitten (Footscray)
Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 1 1 2 4
10 Ellis, Vaughan ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
11 Farmer, Bob ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 8 0 2 0
25 Green, Jack ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 2
22 Greening, John ? ? 3 1 21 15 6 1 0 0 4
36 Hibbert, Danny ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 0 0 1 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 1 15 6 9 2 10 3 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 7 2 13 13 0 3 0 4 1
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 4
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 3 1
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 1 1 4
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 5 1 3 2
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 14 5 4
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 0 0
2 Waters, Terry (ac) ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 8 1 3 1
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 2 2 23 23 0 5 1 0 2
4 Wheadon, David ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 4 0 1 5
26 Whelan, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 7 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 296 233 63 70 29 39 39

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 9 0 1 2
29 Cook, Fred ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 2 3
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 5 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 3 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 3 3 4
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 2 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 23 21 2 3 0 3 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 2 4 5
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 3 4 16 11 5 8 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 3 2
26 Mitchell, Norm ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 5 0 1 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 5 3 1 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 3
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 1 25 19 6 1 0 3 5
44 Thatcher, Geoff ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 6 0 1 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 7 3 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 14 267 224 43 75 17 39 39

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