1969 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1969 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round seven of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (8.10.58) were defeated by South Melbourne (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,462

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.10.58 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 2 . 1 3 . 5 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
South Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 9 8 . 12 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin SMLB by 22 SMLB by 26 SMLB by 37 SMLB by 8 SMLB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 3 2 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 21 20 1 5 0 3 0
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 3 2
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 9 0 1 4
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 4 2 4
2 Hines, Peter ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 1 0 4 3
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 32 25 7 4 0 3 3
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 2 1 6 6 0 4 0 1 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 24 24 0 10 0 2 4
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 5 0 1 3
26 Mitchell, Norm ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 3 0
32 Reilly, John ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 2 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 4 3 2 1
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 3 0 5 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 0 26 23 3 7 0 6 2
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 7 0 5 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 10 259 237 22 88 12 50 38

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 3 19 13 6 2 0 2 5
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 2 30 19 11 4 0 2 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 9 0 4
34 Brandt, Graham ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 1 2
16 Budd, Arthur ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 1 4 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 0 1 2 5
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 1 0 0 3
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 4 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 5 0 1 1
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 2 0 3 3
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Luscombe, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 0 3
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 2 25 23 2 4 0 2 6
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 6 1
36 Svorinich, Bob ? ? 1 2 19 11 8 4 0 2 5
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 30 28 2 5 0 4 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 2 0 20 11 9 5 28 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 362 263 99 51 39 38 50

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