1969 VFL Season Round 18: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 1969 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Ted Whitten captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

South Melbourne (16.17.113) defeated Footscray (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 August 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 11,303

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 16.17.113 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 5 9 . 11 12 . 16 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Footscray 4 . 5 5 . 12 8 . 17 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin level SMLB by 23 SMLB by 23 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: Ted Whitten
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 3 1 35 30 5 9 1 6 3
34 Brandt, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Catlin, Sid ? ? 1 2 19 19 0 3 0 1 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 7 0 4 3
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 4 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 0 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 2 3 12 11 1 6 0 2 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 6 0 1 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 2 5 27 24 3 6 0 1 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 3 12 8 4 5 0 2 3
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 2 3
24 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 1 15 5 10 4 0 5 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 6 1 10 9 1 7 2 2 5
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 5 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 4 19 3 1
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 4 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 17 284 224 60 74 22 45 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 2 17 14 3 4 0 3 2
5 Bryant, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 2 4
34 Casey, Gordon ? ? 1 3 13 13 0 2 0 1 1
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 4 14 12 2 7 0 2 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 7 4 3
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 2
25 Jillard, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 3 0 20 18 2 6 0 1 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 3 4
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 3
26 Mitchell, Norm ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 4 0 2 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 6 4 2 2
32 Reilly, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 3
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 2 1 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 2 2 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 4 0 4 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 2 25 21 4 7 0 1 3
3 Whitten, Ted (c) ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 2 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 18 274 237 37 67 15 38 45

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