1964 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1964 between Melbourne and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1964 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. Jack Clarke captained the visitors with Ken Fraser as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Melbourne (7.6.48) were defeated by Essendon (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1964 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 August 1964
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,385

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 7.6.48 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Essendon 1 . 2 2 . 5 5 . 9 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 18 MELB by 9 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ron Barassi
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Jack Clarke
Vice-Captain: Ken Fraser
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Brophy

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 0 ?
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 ?
5 Crompton, Neil ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 ?
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 Groom, Ray ? ? 0 ?
20 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 3 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 ?
21 Leahy, Brian ? ? 0 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 3 ?
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 ?
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 ?
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 ?
17 Watson, Graeme ? ? 1 ?
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 7 6

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
29 Beissel, Graeme ? ? 2 ?
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 2 ?
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 ?
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 ?
1 Clarke, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 ?
36 Doran, Paul ? ? 0 ?
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 ?
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Fraser, Ken (vc) ? ? 0 ?
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 ?
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
4 McGie, Lindsay ? ? 0 ?
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 ?
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 ?
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 ?
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 6 14

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