1965 VFL Round 18: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1965 between Carlton and Essendon during round 18 of the 1965 VFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Ron Barassi captained the hosts. In the absence of Ken Fraser, vice-captain Ian Shelton captained the visitors with Hugh Mitchell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Carlton
R. Barassi (capt.), G. Anderson, B. Buckley, I. Collins, B. Cox, G. Crane, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, J. Gill, J. Goold, K. Greenwood, K. Hall, J. Lloyd, W. Lofts, J. Nicholls, B. Quirk, S. Silvagni, C. Stewart, R. Stone, J. Trotman

Essendon
I. Shelton (capt.), H. Mitchell (vice-capt.), J. Birt, R. Blew, G. Brown, J. Clarke, B. Davis, K. Egan, A. Epis, T. Fordham, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, D. Gross, G. Johnston, D. McKenzie, C. Payne, G. Pryor, B. Sampson, D. Shaw, J. Somerville

Carlton (10.9.69) defeated Essendon (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Carlton: J. Nicholls (3), A. Gallagher (2), I. Collins, B. Cox, K. Hall, B. Quirk, R. Stone
Essendon: J. Birt (3), J. Clarke (2), T. Fordham (2), G. Gosper, G. Johnston

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 August 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 26,267

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 10.9.69 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 6 . 7 9 . 9 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Essendon 1 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 29 CARL by 40 CARL by 9 CARL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Carlton), John Coleman (Essendon)
Captains: Ron Barassi (Carlton), Ian Shelton (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Hugh Mitchell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
26 Anderson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 1 3
31 Barassi, Ron (c) ? ? 0 0 28 16 12 8 2 4
4 Buckley, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 1 0
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 0 2 3
9 Cox, Berkley ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 0 2 3
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 1 4
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 2 29 25 4 7 2 4
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Gill, John ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 1 0
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 8 0 2
5 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 4 1 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 4 0 0
18 Lloyd, John ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 3 1 1
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 3
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 3 2 22 13 9 5 2 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 3 2 0
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 3 2 1
39 Stewart, Cliff ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 1 1 0
44 Stone, Ron ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 2 3
38 Trotman, Jeff ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 9 326 239 87 62 23 35

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 3 1 25 24 1 2 2 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 3 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 1 4 3
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 2 0
43 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 4 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 2 0
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 4 1 0
2 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 3 0
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 2 3 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh (avc) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 1
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1
21 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 1
4 Shaw, David ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 3 2 1
10 Shelton, Ian (ac) ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 4 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 6 239 214 25 59 35 20

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