1969 VFL Round 17: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1969 between Footscray and Collingwood during round 17 of the 1969 VFL season. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Ted Whitten captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Terry Waters as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Footscray
T. Whitten (capt.), G. Bisset, I. Bryant, G. Casey, D. Darcy, K. Greenwood, R. Haynes, J. Jillard, S. Magee, A. Mannix, I. Marsh, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, B. Quinlan, J. Reilly, L. Rippon, B. Round, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), T. Waters (vice-capt.), T. Alexander, C. Britt, J. Clifton, R. Dunne, D. Gott, J. Greening, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, L. Thompson, C. Tully, M. Urquhart, R. Watt, D. Wheadon

Footscray (11.16.82) were defeated by Collingwood (16.8.104).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Round (3), R. Spargo (3), D. Darcy (2), G. Casey, D. McKenzie, T. Whitten
Collingwood: P. McKenna (5), W. Richardson (3), L. Thompson (3), D. Tuddenham (2), T. Alexander, C. Britt, J. Greening

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 9th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 9 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,201

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 11.16.82 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 5 3 . 9 6 . 15 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Collingwood 7 . 2 9 . 3 12 . 7 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin COLL by 39 COLL by 30 COLL by 28 COLL by 22 COLL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Bob Rose (Collingwood)
Captains: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Des Tuddenham (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Footscray), Terry Waters (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 4 30 27 3 10 0 5 1
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 0 2 0
34 Casey, Gordon ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 5 1 4
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 1 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 1
33 Marsh, Ivan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 7 0 0 2
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 3 14 11 3 6 0 3 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 7 0 0 1
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 6
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 3 3 0
14 Round, Barry ? ? 3 3 16 14 2 6 2 5 2
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 3 1 21 21 0 2 0 3 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 2 30 27 3 11 0 2 1
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 6 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 16 285 249 36 98 10 36 31

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Alexander, Terry ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
27 Britt, Con ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 3
42 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 5 0 0 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 6 0 1 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 6 14 0 4
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 5 0 12 12 0 7 0 3 1
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 0
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 3
3 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 3 2 24 20 4 5 0 2 4
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 3 0 22 18 4 7 21 7 5
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 4 0 2 2
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 0
19 Urquhart, Max ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 1 4
2 Waters, Terry (vc) ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 2 1
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 0
4 Wheadon, David ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 8 282 238 44 82 35 31 36

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