1966 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1966 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round one of the 1966 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Hassa Mann captained the hosts. Darrel Baldock captained the visitors with Verdun Howell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne (4.9.33) were defeated by St Kilda (17.7.109).

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Monday 25 April 1966
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 64,930

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 4.9.33 - 17.7.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 0 2 . 4 4 . 7 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
St Kilda 4 . 4 5 . 5 12 . 6 17 . 7 17 . 7 (109)
Margin STKL by 22 STKL by 19 STKL by 47 STKL by 76 STKL by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Hassa Mann
Coach: Norm Smith

St Kilda

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Fisher

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 ? 3 1
11 Anderson, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 ? 2 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 5 ? 0 2
21 Burston, Ed ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 7 ? 3 0
17 Chapman, Jeff ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 ? 2 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 5 ? 2 0
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 ? 4 1
10 Emselle, Ken ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 2 ? 2 0
39 Feldmann, Rick ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 ? 3 1
31 Groom, Ray ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 3 ? 2 2
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 ? 1 1
22 Kenneally, Bryan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 1 3
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 ? 1 1
29 Mann, Hassa (c) ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 1 ? 4 0
37 Massey, Bernie ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 ? 1 0
34 Russell, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 1 0
2 Stewart, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
35 Williams, Don ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 ? 1 2
23 Wise, Graham ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 ? 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 4 9 228 196 32 51 0+ 34 22

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baldock, Darrel (c) ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 2 ? 3 1
22 Billing, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 0 0
27 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 ? 0 3
15 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 7 ? 1 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 8 ? 2 4
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 ? 2 2
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 0 0
16 Howell, Verdun (vc) ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 1 ? 2 2
20 Kennedy, Des ? ? 2 0 16 15 1 2 ? 1 2
36 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 ? 1 1
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 ? 2 0
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 1 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 4 ? 0 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 4 ? 0 2
21 Read, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 0 ? 1 2
26 Rowland, Ian ? ? 5 1 20 18 2 2 ? 1 2
13 Sierakowski, Brian ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 0 0
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 2 0 23 19 4 2 ? 3 4
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 7 ? 1 1
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 ? 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 7 280 243 37 67 0+ 23 33

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