1966 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at the MCG. Darrel Baldock captained the hosts with Verdun Howell as vice-captain. 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 (15.4.94) defeated Essendon (7.10.52).

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

St Kilda

Captain: Darrel Baldock
Vice-Captain: Verdun Howell
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Johnny Birt
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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 (vc) ? ? 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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