1968 Preliminary Final: Essendon v Geelong

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday, September 21st, 1968
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 103,649
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 11.25.91 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 6 7 . 10 10 . 18 11 . 25 11 . 25 (91)
Geelong 5 . 3 8 . 6 8 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin GEE by 9 GEE by 2 ESS by 20 ESS by 24 ESS by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Jack Clarke (Essendon), Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Captain(s): Ken Fraser (Essendon), Bill Goggin (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jeff Crouch
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 8 0 2 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 3 14 13 1 4 0 3 2
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 2 0
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 2 22 16 6 4 0 2 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 0 0
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 7 0 0 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 10 0 0 2
23 Fraser, Ken ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 2 2 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 2 0 3 1
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 0 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 21 1 6
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 3 19 14 5 8 0 0 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 3 16 14 2 7 2 0 1
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 5 4 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 3 14 14 0 4 0 2 0
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 4 16 15 1 3 0 1 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total 11 25 289 249 40 86 34 24 19

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 26 25 1 5 0 3 2
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 0
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 1 33 26 7 2 0 0 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 0 1
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 1 24 24 0 7 0 1 1
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 9 21 1 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 3 0 1 2
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 13 3 1
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 6 0 0 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 10 0 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 6 1 1 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 3 6 15 13 2 5 0 0 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 0
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 7 0 0 4
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 0 0 1 5
Rushed 0
Total 9 13 302 246 56 79 35 19 24

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
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Geelong Coach: Peter Pianto

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