1966 VFL Preliminary Final: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 September 1966 between St Kilda and Essendon in the preliminary final of the 1966 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at MCG. Darrel Baldock captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

St Kilda
D. Baldock (capt.), J. Bingley, B. Breen, I. Cooper, A. Davis, D. Griffiths, R. Head, V. Howell, J. Moran, A. Morrow, B. Murray, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, J. Read, I. Rowland, B. Sierakowski, R. Smith, I. Stewart, I. Synman

Essendon
K. Fraser (capt.), J. Birt (vice-capt.), G. Brown, J. Clarke, B. Davis, K. Egan, A. Epis, T. Fordham, J. Forsyth, D. Gerlach, G. Gosper, G. Johnston, D. McKenzie, H. Mitchell, A. Noonan, C. Payne, G. Pryor, D. Shaw, J. Somerville, J. Williams

St Kilda (15.4.94) defeated Essendon (7.10.52).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: K. Neale (4), A. Davis (3), A. Morrow (3), J. Bingley, I. Cooper, D. Griffiths, T. Payze, J. Read
Essendon: H. Mitchell (2), T. Fordham, G. Gosper, A. Noonan, G. Pryor, J. Williams

As a result of this match, St Kilda faced Collingwood in the grand final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 September 1966
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 93,453

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 15.4.94 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 1 10 . 2 10 . 2 15 . 4 15 . 4 (94)
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 4 3 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin STKL by 9 STKL by 40 STKL by 35 STKL by 42 STKL by 42
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), John Coleman (Essendon)
Captains: Darrel Baldock (St Kilda), Ken Fraser (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Johnny Birt (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baldock, Darrel (c) ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 3 2
24 Bingley, John ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 0
27 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 0 0 2 0
15 Cooper, Ian ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 2 5 2
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 3 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 3
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 1 1 28 25 3 3 1 1 5
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 3 1
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 3 2
36 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 0
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 3 2 18 13 5 2 19 5 5
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 28 0 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 1
31 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 1
21 Read, Jim ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 1 0 2 2
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
13 Sierakowski, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 1 1
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 2 0 1 0
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 29 27 2 2 0 2 0
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 4 274 236 38 37 51 37 30

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 1 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 2
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
29 Egan, Kevin ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 1 1
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 0 0 1 3
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 4 0 0 3
27 Forsyth, Jim ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 5 0 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 1 2 2 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 3 2
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 1 0 3 2
16 Johnston, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 17 4 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 0 3 0
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 1 0 3 3
19 Somerville, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 1 2 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 10 220 190 30 29 26 30 37

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

Score Timeline

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