1969 VFL 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 18 of the 1969 VFL season. 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
J. Rantall (capt.), P. Bedford, G. Brandt, S. Catlin, R. Cook, R. Doyle, T. Haenen, P. Harrison, S. Hoffman, G. Jacobs, G. Lambert, T. Leahy, H. McAuliffe, D. McLeish, J. Pitura, A. Richardson, J. Sudholz, W. Walsh, F. Way, R. Wetzel

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

South Melbourne (16.17.113) defeated Footscray (13.18.96).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: J. Sudholz (6), P. Bedford (3), G. Jacobs (2), H. McAuliffe (2), S. Catlin, J. Pitura, F. Way
Footscray: G. Bisset (3), A. Mannix (3), D. Darcy (2), B. Round (2), G. Casey, R. Haynes, R. Spargo

As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) 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 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

Coaches: Norm Smith (South Melbourne), Ted Whitten (Footscray)
Captains: John Rantall (South Melbourne), Ted Whitten (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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