1969 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1969 between Melbourne and Footscray during round ten of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (17.18.120) defeated Footscray (12.23.95).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Monday 16 June 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,330

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 17.18.120 - 12.23.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 4 . 7 7 . 15 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Footscray 0 . 7 9 . 14 11 . 18 12 . 23 12 . 23 (95)
Margin MELB by 15 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 27 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: John Beckwith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 4 0 3 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 5 0 1 2
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 4 2 21 19 2 3 0 3 0
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 2
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 3 1 8 6 2 4 0 0 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 1 21 16 5 3 0 1 5
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 1 0 5 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 8 1 2
9 Lakes, George ? ? 2 2 19 18 1 9 1 0 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 5 4 0 3
44 Mitchell, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 22 14 8 13 0 0 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 1 1
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 9 3 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 1 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 2 27 26 1 3 0 0 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 18 269 234 35 65 22 24 23

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 0
31 Cumming, Len ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 1 4
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 5 17 16 1 3 0 1 1
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 0 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 0 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 2 27 24 3 8 0 0 3
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 1 3 11 11 0 7 2 0 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 2 4 10 8 2 5 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 0
39 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 1
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 3 0
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 3 2 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 4 2 0 4
37 Skreja, Harry ? ? 2 4 24 23 1 4 0 0 2
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 2 3 29 27 2 3 0 2 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 8 18 2 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 23 268 238 30 71 26 23 24

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