1966 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1966 between Essendon and Geelong during round one of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Ken Fraser captained the hosts with Johnny Birt as vice-captain. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Coleman and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Essendon (11.6.72) defeated Geelong (9.4.58).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 April 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 31,741

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 11.6.72 - 9.4.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 0 4 . 3 7 . 4 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Geelong 2 . 1 6 . 2 7 . 2 9 . 4 9 . 4 (58)
Margin ESSE by 5 GEEL by 11 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny (vc) ? ? 2 0 28 26 2 2 ? 4 1
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 8 ? 2 2
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 8 ? 1 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 ? 0 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 ? 1 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 3 ? 1 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 7 ? 1 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 ? 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 ? 0 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 ? 1 1
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 ? 1 5
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 7 ? 3 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 ? 2 1
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 3 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 ? 1 1
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 9 ? 0 2
5 Shaw, David ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 2 ? 3 1
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 4 ? 2 0
9 Waite, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 6 269 233 36 85 0+ 27 23

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 ? 2 1
9 Devine, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 1 3
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 ? 2 1
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 1 0 28 13 15 5 ? 3 3
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 ? 1 0
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 0 ? 1 3
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 ? 0 0
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 3 ? 0 1
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 ? 1 2
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 ? 1 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 21 9 12 3 ? 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 5 ? 1 1
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 ? 1 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 ? 2 1
20 Teasdale, Alan ? ? 4 0 6 5 1 2 ? 1 1
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 ? 1 2
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 ? 3 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 ? 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 4 300 225 75 68 0+ 23 27

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